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THE 


BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 

AND 

ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS; 

AND OTHER 


RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, 


ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE 


PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 

TOGETHER WITH 

THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID. 


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HARTFORD: 

PUBLISHED BY S. ANDRUS & SON. 

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Hartford, March 4, 1846. 

I do hereby certify, that this edition of the BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and 
Administration of the Sacraments, &c., (having been compared with the Standard Book 
authorized by the General Convention of 1844, and corrected by the same,) is permitted 
to be published as an edition duly compared and corrected by a suitable person ap¬ 
pointed for that purpose, as the Canon directs; 

THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, 

Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut. 



















TABLE OF CONTENTS: 


1. The Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer. 

2. The Preface. 

3. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read. 

4 . The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is 

appointed to be read. 

5. Tables of Lessons of Holy Scripture, to be read at 

Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the Year. 

6. The Calendar. 

7. Tables and Rules for the Moveable and Immoveable 

Feasts, together with the Days of Fasting and 
Abstinence throughout the Year. 

8. Tables for finding the Holy-days. 

9. The Order for Daily Morning Prayer. 

10. The Order for Daily Evening Prayer. 

11. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions, 

to be used before the two final Prayers of Morning 
and Evening Service. 

12. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used 

throughout the Year. 

13. The Order for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper, 

or Holy Communion. 

14. The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants, to be 

used in the Church. 

5. The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children, in 
Houses. 


16 . The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of Riper 
Years, and able to answer for themselves. 

17. A Catechism; that is to say, an Instruction to bo 

learned by every person before he be brought to 
be confirmed by the Bishop. 

18. The Order of Confirmation, or Laying on of Hands 

upon those that are baptized, and come to years of 
Discretion. 

19. The Form of Solemni7.ation of Matrimony. 

20. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick. 

21. The Communion of the Sick. 

22. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. 

23. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth, com¬ 
monly called, the Churching of Women. 

24. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 

25. A Form of Prayer for the Visitation of Prisoners. 

26. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God 

for the Fruits of the earth, and all the other Bless 
ings of his merciful Providence. 

27. Forms of Prayer to be used in Families. 

28. Selections of Psalms, to be used instead of the Psalms 
, for the Day, at the discretion of the Minister. 

29) The Psalter, or Psalms of David. 


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THE RATIFICATION 


OF 

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 


By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 
in Convention, this 16 th day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand sevenhundred and eighty nine. 

THIS Convention having in their present Session, set forth A Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the 
Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, do hereby establish the said Book: And they declare 
it to be the Liturgy of this Church; and require, that it be received as such by all the Members of the same: And this 
book shall be in use from and after the first day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
ninety. 


THE PREFACE. 


I T is a most invaluable part of that blessed liberty whereioith Christ hath made us free, that in his worship, dif¬ 
ferent forms and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith be kept entire; and 
that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to belong to Doctrine, must be referred to Discipline; and 
therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, 
as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, “ according to the various exigencies of times and oc¬ 
casions.” 

The Church of England, to which the Protestant Episcopal Church in these States is indebted, under GOD, for her 
first foundation and a long continuance of nursing care and protection, hath, in the Preface of her Book of Common 
Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that “ The particulai forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appoint¬ 
ed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged, it is but reasona¬ 
ble that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and occasions, such 
changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those who are in places of authority should, from time to time, 
seem either necessary or expedient.” . 

The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise in her Articles and Homilies, declared the necessity and 
expediency ofoccasional alterations and amendments in her Forms of Public Worship ; and we find accordingly, that, 
seeking to “ keep the happy mean between too much stiffness in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting varia¬ 
tions in things once advisedly established, she hath, in the reign of several Princes, since the first compiling of her Lit¬ 
urgy in the time of Edward the Sixth, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, yielded to make such 
alferations in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient; yet so as that the main body and 
essential parts of the same (as well in the chiefest materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still been continu¬ 
ed firm and unshaken.” , .,,, 

Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations hath been, as she further declares in her said Preface, to 
do that which, according to her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation of peace and unity in the 
Church ; the procuring of reverence, and the exciting of piety and devotion in the worship of God ; and, finally,the cut¬ 
ting off occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against her Liturgy.” And although, according to 
her judgment, there be not “ any thing in it contrary to the Word of God, or to sound doctrine, or which a godly man 
may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, or which is not fairly defensible, if allowed such just and favour¬ 
able construction, as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human writings yet upon the principles already 
laid down, it cannot but be supposed, that further alteration would in time be found expedient. Accordingly a commis¬ 
sion for a review was issued in the year 1689: but this great and good work miscarried at that time; and the Civil Au¬ 
thority has not since thought proper to revive it by any new Commission. . , , 

But when in the course of Divine Providence, these American States became independent with respect to Civil Gov¬ 
ernment, their ecclesiastical independence was necessarily included, and the different religious denominations of Christ¬ 
ians in these States were left at lull and equal liberty to model and organize their respective Churches, and forms of 
worship, and discipline, in such manner as they might judge most convenient for their future prosperity ; consistently 
with the constitution and laws oftheir country. , T . . . , 

The attention of this Church was, in the first place, drawn to those alterations m the Liturgy which became necessa¬ 
ry in the prayers for our Civil Rulers, in consequence of the Revolution. And the principal care herein was to make 
them confirmable to what ousht to be the proper end of all such prayers, namely, that “ Rulers may have grace, wis¬ 
dom, and understanding to execute justice, and to maintain truth and that the People “ may lead quiet and peaceable 
lives, in all godliness and honesty.” ^ _ , 

But while these alterations were in review before the Convention, they could not but, with gratitude to God, embrace 
the happy occasion which was offered to them (uninfluenced and unrestrained by any worldly authority whatsoever) to 
take a further review of the Public Service, and to establish such other alterations and amendments therein as might he 

^It'seems mmecessary to enumerate all the different alterations and amendments. They will appear, and it is to be 
hoped the reasons of them also, upon a comparison of this, with the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. 
In which it will also appear, that this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essen¬ 
tial point of doctrine, discipline, or worship; or further than local circumstances require . , , . ., 

And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion, it is hoped the whole will be received and examined by 
every true member of our Church, and every sincere Christian, with a meek, candid, and charitable frame of mind; 
without prejudice or prepossessions ; seriously considering what Christianity is, and what, the truths of the Gospel are; 
and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to accompany with his blessing every endeavour for promulgating them to man¬ 
kind in the clearest, plainest, most affecting and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and 
Saviour. 






THE ORDER 


HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. 


T HE Psalter shall be read through once every month, as it is there appointed, both for Morning and Evening Pray¬ 
er. But in February it shall be readonly to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth day of the month. 

And whereas January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have one-and-thirty Days a-piece ; it 
is ordered, that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months which were read the Day before ; so that 
the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next month ensuing. 

And whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two Portions, and is over long to be read at one time; it is so or¬ 
dered, that at onetime shall not be read above four or five of the said Portions. 

The Minister, instead of reading from the Psalter, as divided for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, may read one of 
the Selections set out by this Church. 

And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, appointed either by the Civil or by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Min¬ 
ister may appoint such Psalms as he shall think fit in his discretion, unless any shall have been appointed by the Eccle¬ 
siastical Authority, in a Service set out for the Occasion; which, in that case, shall be used, and no other. 


PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS. 


Christmas-Day, 

Morning. 

Evening. 

Psalms 19 

Psalms 89 

45 

110 


85 

132 

Ash- Wednesday, 

6 

102 


32 

130 


38 

143 

Good-Fridoy, 

22 

64 


40 

88 

1 

54 




Morning. 

Evening. 

Easter-Day, 

Psalms 2 

Psalms 113 

57 

114 


in 

118 

Asccnslon-Day t 

8 

24 


15 

47 


21 

103 

Whit-Sunday, 

43 

104 


68 

145 


The Minister may use one of the Selections, instead of any one of the above Portions. 


THE ORDER 


HOW THE REST OP THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED 

TO BE READ. 


T HE Old Testament is appointed lor the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer; so that the most part 
thereof will be read every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. 

The New Testament is appointed lor the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer. 

And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the month in the Calendar following, and 
there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Lessons, both at Morning and Evening Prayer ; except only 
the Moveable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar; and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the column 
of Lessons ; the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in theTable of Proper Lessons. 

And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, the same rule is to obtain as in reading the Psalms. 

And the same discretion of choice is allowed on occasions of Ecclesiastical Conventions, and those of Charitable Col¬ 
lections. 


And Note, That whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course 
appointed in the Psalter and Calendar, if they be different, shall be omitted for that time. 


Note also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday, shall serve all the Week after, where it 
is not in this Book otherwise ordered. 





TABLES OF LESSONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, 

TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, 

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SUNDAYS. 


SUNDAYS. 

MORNING. 

EVENING. 


FIRST 

LESSON. 

SECOND LESSON. 

FIRST LESSON. 

SECOND 

LESSON. 

1 Sund. in Ad. 

Isaiah 

1 

Luke 

1 to v. 39 

Isaiah 

2 

Rom. 

10 

2 


5 


1 v. 39 


24 


12 

3 


25 


3 to v. 19 


28 to v. 23 


14 

4 


30 

Matt. 

3 to y. 13 


32 

1 Cor. 

1 

1 S. after Ch. 


35 

Luke 

2 v. 25 


40 


2 

2 


41 

Mark 

1 to v. 16 


42 

Heb. 

2 

1S. after Eph. 


44 

Matt. 

2 v. 13 


45 

1 Cor. 

3 

2 


51 

John 

1 v. 29 


52 to v. 13 


13 

3 


54 

Matt. 

4 v. 12 


55 

2 Cor. 

4 

4 


57 

Luke 4 v. 14 to 33 


59 


5 

5 


61 

Matt. 

5 


62 

Gal. 

2 

G 


65 


6 


66 


3 

Sep. Sunday. 

Jer. 

5 


7 

Jer. 

22 

Eph. 

1 

Sex. Sunday. 


35 

Luke 

7 v. 19 


36 


2 

Quin. Sunday. 

Lam. 

1 

Mark 

6 to v. 30 

Lam. 

3 to v. 37 


3 

1 S. in Lent. 

Jer. 

7 

Matt. 

10 

Jer. 

9 


4 

2 

Ezek. 

14 

Luke 

10 to v. 25 

Ezek. 

18 


5 

3 


20 to v. 27 

Mark 

9 to v. 30 


20 v.27 


6 

4 

Mic. 

6 

Luke 

19 v. 28 

Hab. 

3 

Phil. 

1 

5 

Hag. 

2 to v. 10 


21 

Zee. 

13 


3 

6 

Daniel 

9 

Matt. 

26 

Mai. 

3 & 4 

Heb. 5 to v. 11 

Easter-Day. 

Exod. 

12 to v. 37 

Rom. 

6 

Exod. 

12 v. 37 

Acts 

2 v. 22 

IS. after Ea. 

Isaiah 

43 

Acts 

1 

Isaiah 

48 

1 Cor. 

15 

2 

Hos. 

13 


3 

Hos. 

14 

Coloss. 

1 

3 

Joel 

3 v. 9 


5 

Mic. 

4 


3 

4 

Mic. 

5 


6 

Nah. 

1 

1 Thes. 

3 

5 

Zech. 

8 


8 y. 5 

Zee. 

10 


4 

S. after Asc. 

Joel 

2 

John 

17 

Zeph. 

3 

2 Thes. 3 to v. 17 

Whit-Sunday. 

Deut. 

16 to v. 18 

Acts 

4 to v. 36 

Isaiah 

11 

Acts 19 to y. 21 

Trin. Sunday. 

Gen. 

1 

Matt. 

3 

Gen. 

2 

1 John 

5 

1 S. after Trin. 


3 

Acts 

9 to y. 32 


6 

1 Tim. 

6 

2 


9 to v. 20 


10 


15 to v. 19 

2 Tim. 

2 

3 


37 


11 


42 

3&4tov. 9 

4 


43 


14 


45 

Tit. 2 & 3 to v. 10 

5 


49 


15 


50 

Heb. 

10 

G 

Exod. 

3 


17 

Exod. 

5 


11 

7 


9 


20 


10 


12 

8 


14 


24 


15 


13 

9 

Num. 

16 


26 

Num. 

22 

James 

1 

10 


23 


28 


24 


2 

11 

Deut. 

4 to v. 41 

Matt. 

18 

Deut. 

5 


3 

12 


6 


20 


7 


4 

13 


8 


23 


9 


5 

14 


33 


25 


34 

1 Peter 

1 

15 

Jos. 

23 

Mark 

4 

Jos. 

24 


2 

16 

Judges 

4 


13 

Judges 

5 


3 

17 

1 Sam. 

12 

Luke 

13 

1 Sam. 

17 


4 

18 

2 Sam. 

12 


15 

2 Sam. 

19 


5 

19 

1 Kings 8 to v. 22 


20 

1 Kin. 8 v. 22 to 62 

2 Peter 

1 

20 


17 

John 

3 


18 


2 

21 

2 King; 

3 5 


7 

2 Kings 19 


3 

22 

Daniel 

6 


8 

Daniel 

7 

1 John 

1 

23 

Prov. 

1 


9 

Prov. 

2 


2 

24 


3 


10 


8 


3 

25 


11 


11 


12 


4 

26 


13 


15 


14 

Jude 


27 


15 


16 


16 

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A TABLE OF LESSONS 

FOR HOLY-DAYS. 



MORNING. 

EVENING. 


Prov. 

20 

Prov. 

21 



23 


24 

Lesson 

Isaiah 

9 to v. 8 

Isaiah 

7 v. 10 to 

Lesson 

Luke 

2 to v. 15 

Titus 

3 v. 4 to 

Lesson 

Prov. 

28 

Eccles. 

4 

Lesson 

Acts 6 v. 8 and ch.7 to v. 30 

Acts 

7 v. 30 to 

Lesson 

Eccles. 

5 

Eccles. 

6 

Lesson 

Rev. 

1 

Rev. 

22 


Jerem. 

31 to v. 18 

Wisdom 

1 

Lesson 

Gen. 

17 to v. 15 

Deut. 

10 v. 12 

Lesson 

Rom. 

2 

Colos. 

2 

Lesson 

Isaiah 

60 

Isaiah 

49 

Lesson 

Rom. 

11 

John 

2 to v. 12 

Lesson 

Wisdom 

5 

Wisdom 

6 

Lesson 

Acts 

22 to v. 22 

Acts 

26 to v. 24 


Wisdom 

9 

Wisdom 

12 



19 

Ecclus. 

1 


Ecclus. 

2 


3 

Lesson 

Isaiah 

59 

Jonah 

3 

Lesson 

Luke 

6 v. 20 

2 Peter 

3 

Lesson 

Daniel 

10 

Hosea 

11 

Lesson 

John 

14 



Lesson 

Daniel 

11 to v. 30 


12 

Lesson 

John 

15 



Lesson 

Daniel 

11 v. 30 


13 

Lesson 

John 

11 v. 45 



Lesson 

Daniel 

12 

Jerem. 

31 

Lesson 

John 

13 



Lesson 

Gen. 

22 to v. 20 

Isaiah 52 v. 13 and ch. 

Lesson 

John 

18 

Phil. 

2 

Lesson 

Zee. 

9 

Exod. 

13 

Lesson 

Luke 

23 v. 50 

Heb. 

4 

Lesson 

Exod. 

16 

Job. 

19 

Lesson 

Matt. 

28 

Acts 

3 

Lesson 

Isaiah 

26 to v. 20 

Isaiah 

12 

Lesson 

Luke 

24 to v. 13 

2 Cor. 

5 


Ecclus. 

4 

Ecclus. 

5 

Lesson 


7 


9 

Lesson 

John 

1 v. 43 



Lesson 

2 Kings 

2 

Deut. 

10 

Lesson 

Luke 

24 v. 44 

Ephes. 

4 to v. 17 

Lesson 

Gen. 

11 to v. 10 

Num. 

11 

Lesson 

1 Cor. 

12 

1 Cor. 

14 to v. 26 

Lesson 

1 Sam. 

19 v. 18 

Deut. 

30 

Lesson 

1 Thess. 

5 

Gal. 

5 

Lesson 

Ecclus. 

10 

Ecclus. 

12 

Lesson 

Acts 

14 

Acts 

15 to v. 36 

Lesson 

Mai. 

3 

Mai. 

4 

Lesson 

Matt. 

3 

Matt. 

14 to v. 13 

Lesson 

Ecclus. 

15 

Ecclus. 

19 

Lesson 

Acts 

3 

Acts 

4 


Ecclus. 

21 

Ecclus. 

22 



24 


29 



35 


38 

Lesson 

Gen. 

32 

Daniel 

10 v. 5 

Lesson 

Acts 

12 to v. 20 

Jude 

v. 5 to 16 


Ecclus. 

51 

Job 

1 


Job 

24 and 25 


42 

Lesson 

Wisdom 

3 to v. 10 

Wisdom 

5 to v. 17 

Lesson 

Heb. 11 v.32 & ch. 12 to v.7 

Rev. 

19 to v. 17 


HOLY-DAYS. 


St. Andrew. 

St. Thomas. 

Nativity. 

St. Stephen. 

St. John. 

Innocents. 

Circumcision. 

Epiphany. 

Conversion of St. Paul. 


1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 


Purification of Virgin Mary. 
St. Matthias. 

Annunciation of Virgin Mary. 

1 

2 


Ash-W ednesday. 

Monday before Easter. 

Tuesday before Easter. 
Wednesday before Easter. 

Thursday before Easter. 
Good Friday. 
Easter-Even. 

Monday in Easter-Week. 
Tuesday in Easter-Week. 
St. Mark. 

St. Philip and St. James. 
Ascension. 


1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

Monday in Whitsun-Week. j 

2 

Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. | 

2 

St. Barnabas. 1 

2 

St. John Baptist. ] 

2 

St. Peter. 1 

2 

St. James. 

St Bartholomew 
St. Matthew. 

St. Michael. 

St. Luke. 

St. Simon and St lude. 

All Saints. 









A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JANUARY. 


Calendar. 

Morning 

Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

l Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 

A 

Circum- 





2 

b 

cisioh. 

Gen. 1 

Matt. 1 

Gen. 2 

Rom. l 

3 

c 


3 

2 

4 

2 

4 

d 


5 

3 

6 

3 

5 e 


7 

4 

8 

4 

6 f 

Epiph’y 





7g 


9 

5 to V. 21 

11 

5 

8 A 


12 

5 V. 21 

13 

6 

9;b 


14 

6 to V. 16 

15 

7 

10 c 


16 

6 V. 16 

17 

8 

lid 


18 to V. 17 

7 

18 V. 17 

9 

12 e 


19 to V. 30 

8 to V. 18 

20 

10 

13 

f 


21 to V. 22 

8 V. 18 

21 V. 22 

11 

14 

g 


22 

9 to V.18 

23 

12 

15 

A 


24 to V. 32 

9 V. 18 

24 V. 32 

13 

16 

b 


25 to V. 19 

10 

25 V. 19 

14 

17 

c 


26 to V. 17 

11 

26 V. 17 

15 

18 

<1 


27 to V. 30 

12 to V. 22 

27 V. 30 

16 

19 e 


28 

12 V. 22 

29 to V. 15 

l Cor. l 

20,1' 


29 V. 15 

13 to V. 31 

30 to V. 25 

2 

21 



30 V. 25 

13 V. 31 

31 to v. 25 

3 

22 A 


31 V. 25 

14 

32 to V. 24 

4 

23 b 


32 V. 24 

15 to V. 21 

33 

5 

24 c 


34 

15 V. 21 

35 

6 

25 d 

Conver- 





26 e 

sion of 

37 

16 

39 

7 

27 f 

St. Paul 

40 

17 

41 to V. 37 

8 

28 g 


41 V. 37 

18 to V. 21 

12 to V. 25 

9 

29 A 


42 V. 25 

18 V. 21 

43 to V. 15 

10 

30 b 


43 V. 15 

19 

44 to V. 14 

11 

3l|c 


44 V. 14 

20 to V. 17 

45 to V. 16 

12 

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR FEBRUARY.* 

Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evenin 

g Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 

d 


Gen.45vl6 

Mat.20vi7 

Gen. 46 

l Cor. 13 

2 

e 

Purijj'n 


21 to V. 23 


14 

3 

f 

of Virg. 

47 to V. 13 

21 V. 23 

47 v. 13 

15 

4 

cr 

o 

Mary. 

48 

22 to V. 23 

19 

16 

5 

A 


50 to V. 15 

22 V. 23 

50 V. 15 

2 Cor. i 

6 

b 


Exod. l 

23 

Exod. 2 

2 

7 

c 


3 

24 

4 V. 18 

3 

8 

d 


4 V. 18 

25 to V. 31 

5 

4 

9 

e 


6 to V. 14 

25 V. 31 

6 V. 14 

5 

10 

f 


7 

26 to V. 36 

8 to V. 16 

6 

11 

cr 


8 V. 16 

26 V. 36 

9 to V. 13 

7 

12 

A 


9 V. 13 

27 

10 to V. 12 

8 

13 

b 


10 V. 12 

23 

11 

9 

14 

c 


12 to V. 37 

Mark l 

12 V. 37 

10 

15 

d 

. 

13 

2 

14 to V. 15 

11 

16 

e 


14 V. 15 

3 

15 

12 

17 

f 


16 

4 to V. 26 

17 

13 

18 

cr 


IS 

4 V. 26 

19 

Gal. i 

19 

A 


20 

5 to V. 21 

21 to V. 18 

2 

20 

b 


21 V. 18 

5 V. 21 

22 to V. 16 

3 

21 

c 


22 V. 16 

6 to V. 30 

23 to V. 20 

4 

22 

d 


23 V. 20 

6 V. 30 

24 

5 

23 

e 


32 to V. 15 

7 to V. 24 

32 V. 15 

6 

24 f 

St. Mat- 


7 V. 24 


Eph. 1 

25 

or 

thias. 

33 

8 to V. 27 

34 to V. 27 

2 

26 

A 


34 V. 27 

8 V. 27 

40 

3 

27 

b 


Le.l9tovl9 

9 to V. 30 

Lev.l9vl9 

4 

28 

c 


24 

9 V. 30 

25 

5 

29 

d 


26 tO V. 21 

10 to V. 32 

26 V. 21 

Rom. 12 

* 

Note, That except in every leap-year , February 

hath 28 days only. 





1 

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR MARCH. 

Calendar. 

Mornin 

g Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 





1 Lesson 

2 Lesson. 

l Lesson. 

2 Lesson 





Num. li 

Mark 10 

Num. ll 

Eph. 6 

* 

1 

d 


to V. 2< 

V. 32 

v. 24 



2 

e 


12 

ll 

13 

Phil. 4 


3 

f 


14 to V. 26 

12 to V. 28 

14 v. 26 

2 


4 

g 


16 to V. 36 

12 V. 28 

16 v. 36 

3 


5 

A 


17 

13 

120 

4 


6 

b 


21 

14 to V. 26 22 

Col. l 


7 

c 


23 

14 v. 26 

[24 

2 


8 

d 


25 

15 

27 

3 


9 

e 


30 

16 

; 31 to V. 25 

4 


10 

f 


31 V. 25 

Lu.ltO VS9 

32 

l Thes. l 


11 

cr 


35 

1 V. 39 

36 

2 


12 

A 


De.ltovi9 

2 to V. 40 

Deu.lv. 19 

3 


13 

b 


2 to V 26 

2 V. 40 

2 V. 26 

4 


14 

c 


3 

3 

4 to V. 25 

5 


15 

d 


4 V. 25 

4 

5 to V. 22 

2 Thes. l 


16 

e 


5 V. 22 

5 

6 

2 


17 

f 


7 

6 to V. 20 

8 

3 


18 

g 


9 

6 v. 20 

10 

l Tim. l 


19 

A 


11 

7 to V. 36 

12 

2, 3 


20 

b 


13 

7 V. 36 

14 

4 

14 

21 

c 


15 

8 to V. 26 

16 

5 

3 

22 

d 


17 

8 V 26 

18 

6 


23 

e 


19 

9 to V. 37 

20 

2 Tim. l 

11 

24 

f 


21 

9 v. 37 

22 

2 


25 

& 

Annun. 


10 to V. 25 


3 

19 

26 

A 

of 

24 

10 V. 25 

25 

4 

8 

27 

b 

V. Mary 

26 

11 to V. 29 

27 

Titus 1 


28 

c 


28 to V. 15 

11 V. 29 

28 V. 15 

2,3 

16 

29 

d 


29 

12 

30 

Philem. 

5 

30 

e 


31 

13 

32 

Heb. 1 


31 

f 


33 

14 

34 

2 

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR APRIL. 

Calendar. 

Morning 

Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 





1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

l Lesson. 

2 Lesson 

13 

1 

g 


Joshua 1 

Luke 15 

Joshua 2 

Heb. 3 

2 

2 

A 


3 

16 

4 

4 


3 

b 


5 

17 to V. 20 

6 to V. 12 

5 

10 

4 

c 


6 V. 12 

17 V. 20 

7 to V. 16 

6 


5 

d 


7 V. 16 

18 to v. 31 

8 to V. 14 

7 

18 

6 

e 


8 V. 14 

18 V. 31 

9 

8 

7 

7 

f 


10 to V. 15 

19 to V. 28 

10V. 15t02S 

9 


8 



10 V. 28 

19 V. 23 

22 to v. 21 

10 

15 

9 

A 


22 V. 21 

20 

23 

11 

4 

10 

b 


24 to V. 19 

21 

24 V. 19 

12 


11 

c 


Jg.ltO V22 

22 to V. 31 

JgS. 1 v.22 

13 

12 

12 

d 


2 to V. 11 

22 v. 31 

2 V. 11 

James i 

1 

13 

e 


3 to V. 12 

23 

3 V. 12 

2 


14 

f 


4 

24 

5 

3 

9 

15 

g 


6 to V. 11 

Jn. 1 t0V29 

6 V. 11 to 25 

4 


16 

A 


6 V. 25 

1 v. 29 

7 

5 

17 

17 

b 


8 to V. 22 

2 

8 V. 22 

i Peter l 

6 

IS 

c 


9 to V. 22 

3 to V. 22 

9 V.22tc4G 

2 


19 

d 


9 V. 46 

3 V. 22 

10 

O 


20 

e 


11 to V. 29 

4 

11 V. 29 

4 


21 

f 


12 

5 

13 

5 


22 



14 

6 to V. 22 

15 

2 Peter l 


23 

A 


16 to V. 21 

6 V. 22 

16 V. 21 

2 


24 

0 


17 

7 to v. 32 

IS 

3 


25 

c 

St. Mark 


7 V. 32 


lJohn l 


26 

d 


19 to V. 22 

8 to V. 21 

19 v. 22 

2 


27 

e 


20 to V. 26 

8 V. 21 

20 V. 26 

3 


28 

f 


21 to V. 16 

9 

21 V. 16 

4 


29 

g 


Ruth 1 

10 to V. 22 

Ruth 2 

5 


30 

A 


3 

10 V. 22 

4 

2,3 John 

* The Numbers prefixed to the several Days, (in the 

foregoing Calendar,) between the 2lst Day of March and 

the 18th Day of April, both inclusive, denote the Days 

upon which those Full Moons do fall, which happen upon 

or 

next after the 21st Day of March, 

in those years, of 

which they are respectively the Golden Numbers; and 

the Sunday Letter next following any such Full Moon 

points out Easter-Day for that year 

Ail which holds 

until the Year of our Lord 

1899 inclusive ; after which 

Year, 

the Place 

of these Golden Numbers will be to be 

changed, as is hereafter expressed. 


_J 









































































A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR MAY. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

1 

b 

St. Phil. 




Jude. 

2 

c 

and 

1 Sam. 1 

Jn. Iltov30 

1 Sa.2tov22 

Rom. 1 

3 

d 

St.Jam. 

2 v. 22 

11 V. 30 

3 

2 

4 

e 


4 

12 to V. 20 

5 

3 

5 

f 


6 

12 V. 20 

7 

4 

6 

g 


8 

13 

9 

5 

7 

A 


10 

14 

11 

6 

8 

b 


12 

15 

13 

7 

9 

c 


14 to V. 24 

16 

14 v. 24 

S 

1C 

d 


15 

17 

16 

9 

11 

e 


17 to V. 30 

IS 

17 v. 30 

10 

12 

f 


18 

19 

19 

11 

13 

g 


20 

20 

21 

12 

1 1 

A 


22 

21 

23 

13 

15 

b 


24 

Acts 1 

25 

14 

16 

c 


26 

2 

27 

15 

17 

d 


28 

3 

29 

16 

18 

ft 


30 

4 to V. 23 

31 

1 Cor. 1 

19 

f 


2 Sam. 1 

4 V. 23 

2 Sam. 2. 

2 

20 

g 


3 

5 to v. 17 

4 

3 

21 

A 


5 

5 v. 17 

6 

4 

22 

b 


7 

6 

8 

5 

23 

c 


9 

7 to V. 30 

10 

6 

24 

d 


11 

7 V. 30 

12 

7 

25 

e 


13 to V 23. 

8 to V. 26 

13 V. 23 

8 

26 



14 

8 V. 26 

15 

9 

27 £ 


16 

9 to V. 23 

17 

10 

28 

A 


18 

9 V. 23 

19to V. 16 

11 

29 

b 


19 v. 16 

10 to v. 34 

20 

12 

30 

c 


21 

10 V. 34 

22 

13 

31 

d 


23 

11 to V. 19 

24 

14 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JUNE. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




l Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

l 

e 


1 K. tov.28 

Acts Uv. 19 

1 Ki. 1 v.28 

1 Co. 15 

2 

r 


2 to v. 26 

12 

2 v. 26 

16 

3 g 


3 

13 tov. 14 

4 

2 Cor. 1 

4 

A 


5 

13 V. 14 

6 

2 

5 

1) 


7 

14 to V. 19 

8 

3 

6 

0 


9 

14 v. 19 

10 

4 

7 

d 


11 tov. 26 

15 

11 v. 26 

5 

8 

ft 


12 

16 to v. 14 

13 

6 

9 

f 


14 

16 v. 14 

15 

7 

10g 
11 A 
12;l) 

St.Bar- 

nabas. 

16 

18 

17 to V. 16 

17 v. 16 

17 

19 

8 

9 

13 C 


20 to v. 22 

18 tov. 18. 

20 V. 22 

10 

14 

d 


21 

18 v 18 

22 to V. 29 

11 

15 

e 


22 V. 29 

19tov. 21 

2 Kings 1 

12 

16 

f 


2 Kings 2 

19 v. 21 

3 

13 

17 

g 


4 

20 tov. 17 

5 

Gal. 1 

18 

A 


6 

20 v. 17 

7 

2 

19 

b 


8 

21 

9 

3 

20 

c 


10 

22 

11 

4 

21 

d 


12 

23 

13 

5 

22 

e 


14 

24 

15 

6 

23 

f 

Nativ. 

16 

25 

17 to V. 24 

Eph. 1 

24 

g 

St.John 





25 

A 

Bap. 

17 V. 24 

26 

18 

2 

26 

b 

19 to V. 20 

27 to v. 21 

19 V. 20 

3 

27 

0 


20 

27 v. 21 

21 

4 

28 

d 

St. 

22 

28 to V. 17 

23 

5 

29 

e 




6 

30 

f 

Peter. 124 

28 V. 17 

25 



A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JULY. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

1 

g 


Ezra 1 

Matt. 1 

Ezra 3 

Phil. 1 

2 

A 


4 

2 

5 

2 

3 

b 


6 

3 

7 

3 

4 

0 


8 V. 21 

4 to V. 17 

9 

4 

5 

d 


Neh. 1 

4 v. 17 

Neh. 2 

Col. 1 

6 

e 


4 to V. 13 

5 to V. 21 

4 v. 13 

2 

7 

f 


5 

5 V. 21 

6 

3 

8 

g 


8 

6 to V. 16 

9 

4 

9 

A 


10 

6 V. 16 

13 to V. 15 

l The. 1 

10 

b 


13 v. 15 

7 

Esther 1 

2 

11 

c 


Esther 2 

8 to v. 18 

3 

3 

12 

d 


4 

8 V. 18 

5 

4 

13 

e 


6 

9 to V. 18 

7 

5 

14 

f 


8 

9 V. 13 

9 to V 20 

2 The. 1 

15 

g 


9 V. 20 

10 

Job 1 

2 

16 

A 


Job 2 

11 

3 

3 

17 

b 


4 

12 to V. 22 

5 

1 Tun. l 

18 

c 


6 

12 V. 22 

7 

2,3 

19 

d 


8 

13 to V. 31 

9 

4 

20 

e 


10 

13 v. 31 

11 

5 

21 

f 


12 

14 tO V. 22 

13 

6 

22 

g 


14 

14 v. 22 

15 

2 Tim. 1 

23 

A 


16 

15 to V. 21 

17 

2 

24 

b 


13 

15 V. 21 

19 

3 

25 

c 

St. 


16 


4 

26 

d 

James. 

20 

17 

21 

Titus 1 

27 

e 


22 

18 to V 21 

23 

2, 3 

28 

e 


24 & 25 

18 v. 21 

26 

Pliilm. 

29 

g 


27 

19 to v. 16 

28 

Heb. 1 

30 

A 


29 

19 V. 16 

30 

2 

31ib 


31 

20 to V. 17 

32 

3 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR AUGUST. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

1 

c 


Job 33 

Matt.20vl7 

Job 34 

Heb. 4 

2 

d 


35 

21 to V. 23 

36 

5 

3 

e 


37 

21 V. 23 

38 

6 

4 

f 


39 

22 to v. 23 

40 

7 

5 

g 


41 

22 V. 23 

42 

8 

6 

A 


Pr. 1 tov 20 

23 to V. 25 

Pro. 1 v. 20 

9 

7 

b 


2 

23 V. 25 

3 

10 

8 

c 


4 

24 to v. 29 

5 

11 

9 

d 


6 to V. 20 

24 v. 29 

6 v. 20 

12 

10 

e 


7 

25 to V. 31 

8 

13 

11 

f 


9 

25 v. 31 

10 

James 1 

12 

g 


11 

26 to V. 36 

12 

2 

13 

A 


13 

26 v. 36 

14 to V. 16 

3 

14 

b 


14 V. 16 

27 

15 to V. 21 

4 

15 

c 


15 v. 21 

28 

16 

5 

16 

d 


17 to v. 15 

Mark 1 

17 v. 15 

l Pet. l 

17 

e 


18 

2 

19 

2 

18 

f 


20 

3 

21 to V. 17 

3 

19 

g 


21 v. 17 

4 to v. 26 

22 to v. 17 

4 

20 

A 


22 V. 17 

4 v. 26 

23 to v. 22 

5 

21 

b 


23 v. 22 

5 to V. 21 

24 

2 Pet. 1 

22 

c 


25 

5 v. 21 

26 

2 

23 

d 


27 

6 to v. 30 

28 

3 

24 

e 

St.Bart 


6 V. 30 


1 John 1 

25 

f 


29 

7 to v. 24 

31 

2 

26 

g 


Eccl. 1 

7 v. 24 

Eccl. 2 

3 

27 

A 


3 

8 to v. 27 

4 

4 

28 

b 


5 

8 V- 27 

6 

5 

29C 


7 

9 to v. 30 

8 

2 , 3 Jno. 

30 ,d 


9 

9 v. 30 

10 

Jude. 

3l|e 


11 

10 to v. 32 

12 

Rom. 1 




































































A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

1 

f 


Jer. 1 

Mar.10v.32 

Je.2tov.20 

Rom. 2 

2 

e 


2 V. 20 

li 

3 

3 

3 

A 


4 to V. 19 

12 to V. 28 

4 v. 19 

4 

4 

b 


5 

12 v. 23 

6 

5 

5 

c 


7 to V. 21 

13 

7 v. 21 

6 

6 

d 


8 

14 to v. 26 

9 

7 

7 

e 


10 

14 v. 26 

11 

8 

8 

f 


12 

15 

13 

9 

9 

ff 


14 

16 

15 

10 

10 

A 


16 

Lu.ltov.39 

17 

11 

11 

b 


13 

1 V. 39 

19 

12 

12 

c 


20 

2 to V. 40 

21 

13 

13 

d 


22 

2 V. 40 

23 

14 

1 1 

e 


24 

3 

25 

15 

15 

f 


26 

4 

27 

16 

16 

g 


28 

5 

29 

1 Cor. 1 

17 

A 


30 

6 to V. 20 

31 

2 

18 

b 


32 

6 V. 20 

33 

3 

19 

c 


34 

7 to V. 36 

35 

4 

20 

d 


36 

7 V. 36 

37 

5 

21 

e 

St.JMatt 


8 to v 26 


6 

22 

r 


33 

8 V. 26 

39 

7 

23 

g 


40 

9 to v. 37 

41 

8 

24 

A 


42 

9 v. 37 

43 

9 

25 

b 


44 

10 to v. 25 

45 and 46 

10 

26 

c 


47 

10 v. 25 

43 to v. 25 

11 

27 

d 


43 V. 25 

11 to V. 29 

49 to v. 23 

12 

29 

e 

St.Mic. 

49 V. 23 

11 V. 29 

50 to v. 21 

13 

29 

f 

and 





30 

e 

all Ang. 150 v. 21 

113 

51 to V. 35 

15 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR OCTOBER. 


Calendar. . 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer 

s. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Lee 

1 

A 


Jer. 51 v.35 

Luke 14 


Jer. 52 


1 Cor. 

16 

2 

b 


Lam. 1 

15 



Lam. 2 


2 Cor. 

1 

3 

c 


3 to v. 37 

16 



3 v. 37 



2 

4 

d 


4 

17 

to V. 

20 

5 



3 

5 

e 


Ezek. 1 

17 

V. 20 


Ezek.2 



4 

6 

r 


3 

13 

to V. 

31 

6 



5 

7 

a 


7 

18 

v. 31 


13 



6 

8 

A 


14 

19 

to V. 

28 

18 to V. 

19 


7 

f. 

b 


13 V. 19 

19 

V. 28 


33 to V. 

21 


8 

10 

c 


33 v. 21 

20 



34 



9 

11 

d 


Dan. 1 

21 



Da.2tov 

24 


10 

12 

e 


2 v. 24 

22 

to V. 

31 

3 



11 

13 

f 


4 

22 

v. 31 


5 




14 

15 

g 

A 


6 

8 

23 

24 



7 

9 


Gal. 

13 

1 


b 


10 

Jn 

.ltov 

29 

11 



2 

17 

18 
19 

c 

d 

e 

St. Luke 
Evang. 

12 

Hos. 2, 3 

1 

2 

3 

V. 29 

to V. 

22 

Hos. 1 

4 



3 

4 

5 

20 

f 


5 

3 

V. 22 


6 


Eph. 

6 

21 

g 


7 

4 



8 


1 

22 

A 


9 

5 



10 



2 

23 

b 


11 

6 

to V. 

22 

12 



3 

24 

(• 


13 

6 

v. 22 


14 



4 

25 

d 


Joel 1 

7 

to V. 

32 

Joel2tovl5 


5 

26 

27 

e 

f 

St. Sim. 

2 v. 15 
Amos 1 

7 

9 

v. 32 

to V- 

21 

3 

Amos 2 


6 

Philip 1 

23 

on 

s 

\ 

and 

St. Jude. 

3 

8 

9 

v. 21 


4 



2 

3 

30 


A-andM. 5 

10 

to V. 

22 

6 


Col. 

4 

31 

c 


1 7 

10 

v. 22 


8 


1 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR NOVEMBER. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

1 

d 

All 







2 

e 

Saints 

Amos 

9 

Jn.lltov30 

Obadiah. 

Col. 2 

3 

f 

Day. 

Jonah 

1 

11 V. 30 

Jonah 

2 

3 

4 

g 



3 

12 to v. 20 


4 

4 

5 

A 


Micah 

1 

12 V. 20 

Micah 

2 

1 The. 1 

6 

b 



3 

13 


4 

2 

7 

c 



5 

14 


6 

3 

8 

d 



7 

15 

Nah. 

1 

4 

9 

ft 


Nah. 

2 

16 


3 

5 

10 

r 


Hab. 

1 

17 

Hab. 

2 

2 The. l 

11 

g 



3 

18 

Zeph. 

1 

2 

12 

A 


Zeph. 

2 

19 


3 

3 

13 

b 


Hag. 

1 

20 

Hag. 

2 

1 Tim. 1 

14 

c 


Zech. 

1 

21 

Zech. 

2 

2, 3 

15 

d 



3 

Acts 1 


4 

4 

16 

e 



5 

2 


6 

5 

17 

f 



7 

3 


8 

6 

18 

g 



9 

4 to V. 23 


10 

2 Tim. 1 

19 

A 



11 

4 v. 23 


12 

2 

20 

b 



13 

5 to v. 17 


14 

3 

21 

c 


Mai. 

1 

5 v. 17 

Mai. 

2 

4 

22 

d 



3 

6 


4 

Titus 1 

23 

e 


Isaiah 

1 

7 to V. 30 

Isaiah 

2 

2, 3 

24 

f 



3 

7 v. 30 


4 

Philem. 

25 

g 



5 

8 to v. 26 


6 

Heb. 1 

26 

A 



7 

8 v. 26 


8 

2 

27 

b 



9 

9 to v. 23 

10 to V. 

20 

3 

23 

c 


10 V. 

20 

9 v. 23 


11 

4 

29 

d 



12 

10 to v. 34 


13 

5 

30 

e 

St. And. 



10 V. 34 



6 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR DECEMBER. 


Calendar. 

Morning Prayer. 

Evening Prayer. 




1 Lesson. 

2 Lesson. 

1 Lesson. 

2 Less. 

l 

f 


Isaiah 14 

Ac.lltovl9 

Isaiah 15 

Heb. 7 

2 

g 


16 

ll v. 19 

17 

S 

3 

A 


18 

12 

19 

9 

4 

b 


20, 21 

13 to v. 14 

22 

10 

5 

c 


23 

13 v. 14 

24 

11 

6 

d 


25 

14 to v. 19 

26 

12 

7 

e 


27 

14 v. 19 

28 

13 

8 

f 


29 

15 

30 

James l 

9 

g 


31 

16 to V. 14 

32 

2 

10 

A 


33 

16 v. 14 

34 

3 

11 

b 


35 

17 to v. 16 

36 

4 

12 

c 


37 

17 v. 16 

39 

5 

13 

d 


39 

18 to v. 18 

40 

1 Pet. 1 

14 

e 


41 

18 v. 13 

42 

2 

15 

f 


43 

19 to V. 21 

44 

3 

16 

fT 


45 

19 v. 21 

46 

4 

17 

A 


47 

20 to v. 17 

48 

5 

18 

b 


49 

20 v. 17 

50 

2 Pet. 1 

19 

c 


51 

21 

52 

2 

20 

d 


53 

22 

54 

3 

21 

ft 

St.TTios. 


23 


1 John 1 

22 

f 


55 

24 

56 

2 

23 

g 


57 

25 

58 

3 

24 

A 


59 

26 

60 

4 

25 

l) 

Chris, d. 





26 

c 

St.Stcph. 





27 

d 

St.Jno.E 




28 

ft 

Innuc'ts. 


27 to V. 21 


5 

29 

r 


61 

27 V. 21 

62 

2 John. 

30 

g 


63 

28 to v 17 

64 

3 John. 

31 

A 


65 

23 V. 17 

66 

Jude. 

































































TABLES AND RULES 

FOR THE 

MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS 

TOGETHER WITH 

THE DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE, 
THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR. 


RULES, 

To knoio when the Moveable Feasts and Holy - days begin. 

E ASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full, 
I Moon, which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the 
Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after. 

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether 
before or after. 


Septuagesima 

Sexagesima 

Quinquagesima 

Quadragesima 

Rogation Sunday 

Ascension-Day 

Whit-Sunday 

Trinity-Sunday 


Sunday is 


is 


Nine 
Eight 

Seven 
_ Six 
' Five Weeks 
Forty Days 
Seven Weeks 
_ Eight Weeks 


► Weeks before Easter. 


► After Easter. 


A TABLE OF FEASTS, 

To be observed in this Church , throughout the Year. 


Ah Sundays in the year. 

Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. 
The Epiphany. 

The Conversion of St. Paul. 

The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. 

St. Matthias the Apostle. 

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. 

St. Mark the Evangelist. 

St. Philip and St. James, the Apostles. 

|Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. 
jSt. Barnabas. 

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. 

St. Peter the Apostle. 

St. James the Apostle. 


St. Bartholomew the Apostle. 

St. Matthew the Apostle. 

St. Michael and all Angels. 

St. Luke the Evangelist. 

St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles. 

All Saints. 

St. Andrew the Apostle. 

St. Thomas the Apostle. 

The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. 
St. Stephen the Martyr. 

St. John the Evangelist. 

The Holy Innocents. 

Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. 
Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. 


A TABLE OF FASTS. 

Ash-Wednesday. Good-Friday. 

Other Days of Fasting ; on which the Church requires such a Measure of Abstinence , as 
• is more especially suited to extraordinary Acts and Exercises of Devotion. 

L The Forty Days of Lent. | 

2. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 
after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13. 

3. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before 
Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. 

4. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-Day. 


In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November (or if any other daj r be appointed 
by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as aDay of Thanksgiving to Almighty i 
God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his merciful Providence. 

























































IF TABLES FOR FINDING THE HOLY-DAYS. 


A TABLE T 9 FIND EASTER-DAY, 


Golden 

Numbers. 

Days of the 
Month. 

Sunday 

Letters. 

XIV. 

March 21 

C 

III. 

22 

D 


23 

E 

XL 

24 

F 


25 

G 

XIX. 

26 

A 

VIII. 

27 

B 


28 

C 

XVI. 

29 

D 

V. 

30 

E 


31 

F 

XIII. 

April l 

G 

11 . 

2 

A 


3 

B 

X. 

4 

c 


5 

D 

XVIII. 

6 

E 

VII. 

7 

F 


8 

G 

XV. 

9 

A 

IV. 

10 

B 


11 

C 

XII. 

12 

D 

I. 

13 

E 


14 

F 

IX. 

15 

G 


16 

A 

XVII. 

17 

B 

VI. 

18 

C 


19 

D 


20 

E 


21 

F 


22 

G 


23 

A 1 


24 

B c 


25 

c f 


frfl IS Table contains 
JH- so much of the Cal¬ 
endar as is necessary for 
the determining of East¬ 
er; to find which, look for 
the Golden Number of the 
year in the first column of 
the Table, against which 
stands the day of the Pas 
chal Full Moon : then look 
in the third column for the 
Sunday Letter, next after 
the day of the Full Moon ; 


To find the Golden Num- 


/, is the Golden 
but if nothing 


To find the Dominical or 


the year of our 
rd its fourth part, 
fitting fractions, 


A TABLE OF THE DAYS 
On which Easter loillfall for Thirty-eight Years, 
being the time of two Cycles of the Moon. 


remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter ; but if any num¬ 
ber remain, then the Letter standing against that number 
in the small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter. 

Note, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter 
found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the inter 
calated day exclusive, to the end of the year. 


ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER, 
Till the Year 1899, inclusive. 


SUNDAY LETTERS. 


Golden 

lumbers. 

A 

B 

C 

D 

E 

F 

G 

I. 

Ap 16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

14 

15 

II. 

9 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

III. 

Mh 26 

27 

28 

29 

23 

24 

25 

IV. 

Ap 16 

17 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

V. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Mh 31 

Ap 1 

VI. 

23 

24 

25 

19 

20 

21 

22 

VII. 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

8 

VIII. 

2 

3 

Mh 28 

29 

30 

31 

Ap 1 

IX. 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

X. 

9 

10 

11 

5 

6 

7 

8 

XI. 

Mh 26 

27 

23 

29 

30 

31 

25 

XII. 

Ap 16 

17 

18 

19 

13 

14 

15 

XIII. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

XIV. 

Mh 26 

27 

28 

22 

23 

24 

25 

XV. 

Ap 16 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

XVI. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

Mh 30 

31 

Ap 1 

XVII. 

23 

24 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

XVIII. 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

7 

8 

XIX. 

2 

Mh27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

Ap 1 


A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS, 

According to the several days that Easter can possibly fall upon. 


Years of our 
Lord. 

Golden 

Number. 

The 

Epact. 

Sunday 

Letter. 

Easter-Day. 

1843 

l 

0 

A 

April 16 

4 

2 

11 

G F 

7 

5 

3 

22 

E 

March 23 

6 

4 

3 

D 

April 12 

7 

5 

14 

C 

4 

8 

6 

25 

B A 

23 

9 

7 

6 

G 

8 

50 

8 

17 

F 

March 31 

1 

9 

28 

E 

April 20 

2 

10 

9 

D C 

11 

3 

11 

20 

B 

March 27 

4 

12 

1 

A 

April 16 

5 

13 

12 

G 

8 

6 

14 

23 

F E 

March 23 

7 

15 

4 

D 

April 12 

8 

16 

15 

C 

4 

9 

17 

26 

B 

24 

60 

18 

7 

A G 

8 

1 

19 

18 

F 

March 31 

2 

1 

0 

E 

April 20 

3 

2 

11 

D 

5 

4 

3 

22 

C B 

March 27 

5 

4 

3 

A 

April 16 

6 

5 

14 

G 

1 

7 

6 

25 

F 

21 

8 

7 

6 

E D 

12 

9 

8 

17 

C 

March 28 

70 

9 

28 

B 

April 17 

1 

10 

9 

A 

9 

2 

11 

20 

G F 

March 31 

3 

12 

1 

E 

April 13 

4 

13 

12 

D 

5 

5 

14 

23 

C 

March 28 

6 

15 

4 

B A 

April 16 

7 

16 

15 

G 

1 

8 

17 

26 

F 

21 

9 

18 

7 

E 

13 

80 

19 

18 

D C '1 

March 28 


bers, and against the Prime, in the same line, under the 
Sunday Letter, you have the day of the Month on which 
Easter falleth that year. But, . 

Note, That the name of the Month is set on the left 
hand, or just with the figure, and followeth not as in other 
Tables, by descent, but collaterally. 


Note, That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the number of 
Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter- 
Day had fallen one day later than it really does. And, 
for the same reason, one day must, in every Leap-Year, be 
added to the day of the month given by the Table for Sep- 
tuagesima Sunday.and for the fi r st day of Lent: unless 
the Table gives some day in the month of March for it: for 
in that case, the day given by the Table is the right day. 


Easter- 

Day. 

Su. a 
Ep’y 

Septua. 

Sunday 

1 st Day 
of Lent. 

Ascen. 

Day. 

Whit¬ 

sunday 

CO 

G3 

>-3 

Advent 

Sunday 

Mar. 22 

1 

Jan. 18 

Feb. 4 

April 30 

May 10 

27 

Nov. 29 

23 

1 

19 

5 

May l 

ll 

27 

30 

24 

1 

20 

6 

2 

12 

27 

Dec. l 

25 

2 

21 

7 

3 

13 

27 

2 

26 

2 

22 

8 

4 

14 

27 

3 

27 

2 

23 

9 

5 

15 

26 

Nov. 27 

28 

2 

24 

10 

6 

16 

26 

28 

29 

2 

25 

11 

7 

17 

•26 

29 

30 

2 

26 

12 

8 

18 

26 

30 

31 

2 

27 

13 

9 

19 

26 

Dec. 1 

April 1 

3 

28 

14 

10 

20 

26 

2 

2 

3 

29 

15 

11 

21 

26 

3 

1 3 

3 

30 

16 

12 

22 

25 

NOV. 27 

4 

3 

31 

17 

13 

23 

25 

28 

5 

3 

Feb. l 

18 

14 

24 

25 

29 

6 

3 

2 

19 

15 

25 

25 

30 

7 

3 

3 

20 

16 

26 

25 Dec. l 

8 

4 

4 

21 

17 

27i25 

2 

9 

4 

5 

22 

18 

23 

25 

3 

10 

4 

6 

23 

19 

25 

24 

NOV. 27 

11 

4 

7 

24 

20 

30 

24 

28 

12 

4 

8 

25 

21 

31 

24 

29 

13 

4 

9 

26 

22 

June l 

21 

30 

14 

4 

10 

27 

23 

2 

24 

Dec. 1 

15 

5 

11 

28 

24 

3 

24 

2 

16 

5 

12 

March l 

25 

4 

24 

3 

17 

5 

13 

2 

26 

5 

23 NOV. 27 

18 

5 

14 

3 

27 

6 

23 

28 

19 

5 

15 

4 

28 

7 

23 

29 

20 

5 

16 

5 

29 

8 

23 

30 

21 

5 

17 

6 

30 

9 23 Dec. 1 

22 

6 

18 

7 

31 

10 

23 

2 

23 

6 

19 

8 

J line 1 

11 

23 

3 

24 

6 

20 

9 

2 

12 

22 Nov. 27 

25 

6 * 

21 

iol 

3 

1322 

28 

















































































TABLE 

II. 


A 

TABLE 













1 

2 

3 

1 

2 

3 

To find Easter-Day, from 




— 




the Year 1900, to the Year 



Years 



Years 


2199, inclusive. 




of our 



of our 


Golden 

Day of the 

Sunday 



Lord. 



Lord. 


Number. 

Month. 

Letter. 


— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 





B 

I6nn 

o 

B 

5900 

15 

14 

March 22 

D 

rppHE Golden Numbers 

1700 

1 

5300 

16 

3 

23 

E 

B3 in the foregoing Ca- 


1800 

1 


5400 

17 


24 

F 

lendar will point out the 


1900 

s 


5500 

17 

11 

25 

G 

days of the Paschal Full 

B 

2000 

2 

B 

5600 

17 


26 

A 

Moons, till the Year of our 


2100 

2 


5700 

18 

19 

27 

B 

Lord 1900; at which time, 


2200 

3 


5800 

18 

8 

28 

C 

in order that the Ecclesias- 


2300 

4 


5900 

19 


29 

D 

tical Full Moons may tall 

B 

2100 

3 

B 

6000 

19 

16 

30 

E 

nearly on the same days 


2500 

4 


6100 

19 

5 

31 

F 

with the real Full Moons, 


2600 

5 


6200 

20 


April 1 

G 

the Golden Numbers must 


2700 

5 


6300 

21 

13 

2 

A 

be removed to different days 

B 

2800 

5 

B 

6400 

20 

2 

3 

B 

of the Calendar, as is done 


2900 

6 


6500 

21 


4 

C 

in the annexed Table, which 


3000 

6 


6600 

22 

10 

5 

D 

contains so much of the Ca- 


3100 

7 


6700 

23 


6 

E 

lendar, then to be used, as 

B 

3200 

7 

B 

6800 

22 

13 

7 

F 

is necessary for finding the 


3300 

7 


6900 

23 

7 

8 

G 

Paschal Full Moons, and 


3100 

8 


7000 

24 


9 

A 

the Feast of Easter , from 


9500 

9 


7100 

24 

15 

10 

B 

the year 1900, to the year 

B 

3600 

8 

B 

7200 

24 

4 

11 

C 

2199, inclusive. This Table 


3700 

9 


7300 

25 


12 

I) 

is to be made use of, in all 


3800 

in 


7400 

25 

12 

13 

E 

respects, as the first Table, 


3900 

10 


7500 

26 

1 

14 

F 

betore inserted, for finding 

B 

4000 

10 

B 

7600 

26 


15 

G 

Easter, till the year 1899. 


4100 

11 


7700 

26 

9 

16 

A 



4200 

12 


7800 

27 

17 

17 

B 



4300 

12 


7900 

28 

6 

18 

C 


B 

4400 

12 

B 

8000 

27 


19 

D 



4500 

13 


8100 

28 


20 

E 



4600 

13 


8200 

29 


21 

F 



4700 

14 


8300 

29 


22 

G 


B 

4800 

14 

B 

8400 

29 


23 

A 



4900 

14 


8500 

0 


24 

B 



5000 

15 


&C. 



25 

c 



5100 

16 





GENERAL TABLES 

For finding the Dominical or Sunday Letter, and the 
Places of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar. 


TABLE I. 


6 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

B 

C 

D 

E 

F 

G 

A 





1600 

1700 

1800 

1900 

2000 

2100 

2200 

2300 

2400 

2500 

2600 

2700 

2800 

2900 

3000 

3100 

3200 

3300 

3400 

3500 

3600 

3700 

3S00 

3900 

4000 

4100 

4200 

4300 

4400 

4500 

4600 

4700 

4800 

4900 

5000 

5100 

5200 

5300 

5400 

5500 

5600 

5700 

5300 

5900 

6000 

6100 

6200 

6300 

6400 

6500 

6600 

6700 

6300 

6900 

7000 

7100 

7200 

7300 

7400 

7500 

7600 

7700 

7800 

7900 

8000 

8100 

8200 

8300 

8400 

8500 

&C. 







O find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given 

_ Year of our Lord, add to the Year its fourth part, 

omitting fractions, and also the Number, which, in Table 
I. standeth at the Top of the Column wherein the Number 
of Hundreds contained in that given Year is found: Divide 
the Sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the 
Sunday Letter ; but if any number remain, then the Letter 
which standeth under that Number at tha Top of the Ta¬ 
ble, is the Sunday Letter. 


O find the month and days 

_ of the month to winch the 

Golden Numbers ought to be 
prefixed in the Calendar in any 
given year of our Lord, consist¬ 
ing of entire hundred years, and 
in all the intermediate years be¬ 
twixt that and the next hun¬ 
dredth year following, look in 
the second column ot Table II. 
for the given year, consisting of 
entire hundreds, and note the 
number or cypher wiiich stands 
against it in the third column; 
then in Table III. look lor the 
same number in the column un¬ 
der any given Golden Number, 
wiiich, when you have found, 
guide your eve sideways to the 
left hand, and in the first column 
you will find the month and the 
day to which that Golden Num¬ 
ber ought to be prefixed in the 
Calendar during that period of 
one hundred years. 

The Letter B, prefixed to cer¬ 
tain hundredth years in Table II. 
denotes those years which are 
still to be accounted Bissextile 
or Leap Years in the new Ca¬ 
lendar ; whereas all the other 
hundredth years are to be ac¬ 
counted common years. 


H -a 

— p 


April 


TABLE III. 


THE GOLDEN NUMBERS. 



w 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18119 

ch 

21 

c 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 26 

22 

D 

9 

20 

1 

12;23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 16 

27 

23 

E 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

24 

F 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

l 

12 23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

25 

G 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

26 

A 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

29 

9 

20 

1 

27 

B 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

28 

C 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

8 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

29 

D 

16 

27 

S 

19 

0 

11122 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

30 

E 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

31 

il 

F 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

1 

G 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

2 

A 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

3 

B 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

1C 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17:28 

9 

4 

C 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

5 

D 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

6 

E 

24 

516 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

S 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

7 

F 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

8 

G 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

9 

A 

27 

S 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

28 

4 

15 

10 

B 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

11 

C 

29 

1021 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

12 

D 

0 

11:22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

13 

E 

1 

12,23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

29 

10 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

14 

F 

2 

13 24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

19 

0 

11 

22 

3 

14 

25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

15 

G 

3 

14I25 

6 

17 

28 

9 

20 

1 

12 

23 

4 

15 

26 

7 

18 

2810 

21 

16 

A 

4 

15 26 

7 

18 

29 

U 

21 

2 

13 

24 

5 

16 

27 

8 

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THE ORDER FOR DAILY 

MORNING PRAYER. 


p The Minister shall begin the Morning Prayer, by reading one or more of the 
following Sentences of Scripture. 


T HE Lord is in his holy tem¬ 
ple; let all the earth keep silence 
before him. Hab. ii. 20. 

From the rising of the sun even 
unto the going down of the same, my 
Name shall be great among the Gen¬ 
tiles; and in every place incense shall 
be offered unto my Name, and a pure 
offering: for my Name shall be great 
among the heathen, saith the Lord 
of hosts. Mai. i. 11. 

Let the words of my mouth, and 
the meditation of my heart, be alway 
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength and my redeemer. Psal. 
xix. 14,15. 

When the wicked man turneth 
away from his wickedness that he 
hath committed,and doeth that which 
is lawful and right, he shall save his 
soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. 

I acknowledge my transgressions ; 
and my sin is ever before me. Psal. 
li. 3. 

Hide thy face from my sins; and 
blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. 
li. 9. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken 
spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 
O God, thou wilt not despise. Psal. 

li. 17. 

Rend your heart, and not your gar¬ 
ments, and turn unto the Lord your 
God; for he is gracious and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and repenteth him of the evil. Joel 
ii. 13. 

To the Lord our God belong mer¬ 
cies and forgivenesses, though we 
have rebelled against him; neither 
have we obeyed the voice ofthe Lord 
our God, to walk in his laws which 
he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 


O Lord, correct me, but with judg¬ 
ment; not in thine anger, lest thou 
bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. 
Psal. vi. 1. 

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of 
Heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. 

I will arise, and go to my father, 
and will say unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18,19. 

Enter not into judgment with thy 
servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall 
no man living be justified. Psal. 
cxliii. 2. 

If we say that we have no sin, we 
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 
in us ; but if we confess our sins, God 
is faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un¬ 
righteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

EARLY beloved brethren, the 
Scripture moveth us, in sundry 
places, to acknowledge and confess 
our manifold sins and wickedness ; 
and that we should not dissemble nor 
cloak them before the face of Almigh¬ 
ty God our heavenly Father; but 
confess them with an humble, lowly, 
penitent, and obedient heart; to the 
end that we may obtain forgiveness 
of the same, by his infinite goodness 
and mercy. And although we ought, 
at all times, humbly to acknowledge 
our sins before God ; yet ought we 
chiefly so to do, when we assemble 
and meet together to render thanks 
for the great benefits that we have re¬ 
ceived at his hands, to set forth his 
most worthy praise, to hear his most 
holy Word, and to ask those things 
which are requisite and necessary, as 







16 


MORNING PRAYER. 


well for the body as the soul. Where¬ 
fore I pray and beseech you, as many 
as are here present,to accompany me 
with a pure heart, and humble voice, 
unto the throne of the heavenly grace, 
saying— 

A General Confession. IT To be said by the 
whole Congregation, after the Minister, 
all kneeling. 

LMIGHTY and most merciful 
Father; We have erred, and 
strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. 
We have followed too much the de¬ 
vices and desires of our own hearts. 
We have offended against thy holy 
laws. We have left undone those 
things which we ought to have done; 
And we have done those things which 
we ought not to have done ; And 
there is no health in us. But thou, 
O Lord, have mercy upon us, miser¬ 
able offenders. Spare thou those, O 
God, who confess their faults. Res¬ 
tore thou those who are penitent; Ac¬ 
cording to thy promises declared un¬ 
to mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
And grant, O most merciful Father, 
for his sake ; That we may hereaf¬ 
ter live a godly, righteous, and so¬ 
ber life, To the glory of thy holy 
Name. Amen. 

The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission 
of Sins. T To be made by the Priest 
alone, standing; the People still kneel¬ 
ing. 

LMIGHTY God, the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ,who de- 
sireth not the death of a sinner, but 
rather that he may turn from hiswick- 
edness and live,hath given power,and 
commandment,to his Ministers,to de¬ 
clare and pronounce to his people, be¬ 
ing penitent, the Absolution and Re¬ 
mission of their sins. He pardoneth 
and absolveth all .those who truly re¬ 
pent, andunfeignedly believe his ho¬ 
ly Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech 
him to grant us true repentance, and 
his Holy Spirit, that those things 
may please him which we do at this 
present; and that the rest of our life 


hereafter may be pure and holy; so 
that at the last we may come to his 
eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 

IT The People shall answer here, and at 
the end of every prayer, Amen. 

IT Or this. 

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly 
Father, who of his great mer¬ 
cy hath promised forgiveness of sins 
to all those who, with hearty repent¬ 
ance and true faith, turn unto him ; 
Have mercy upon you; pardon and 
deliver you from all your sins; con¬ 
firm and strengthen you in all good¬ 
ness ; and bring you to everlasting 
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

IT Then the Minister shall kneel, and say 
the Lord’s Prayer; the People still kneel¬ 
ing, and repeating it with him, both 
here, and wheresoever else it is used 
in Divine Service. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. And for¬ 
give us our trespasses, As we forgive 
those who trespass against us. And 
lead us not into temptation; But de¬ 
liver us from evil: For thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT Then likewise he shall say, 

O Lord, open thou our lips. 

Ans. And our mouth shall show 
forth thy praise. 

IT Here, all standing up, the Minister 
shall say, 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

Ans. As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world with¬ 
out end. 

Min. Praise ye the Lord. 

Ans. The Lord’s Name be praised. 

IT Then shall be said or sung the following 
Anthem ; except on those days for which 
other Anthems are appointed ; and ex¬ 
cept also, when it is used in the course 
of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of 
the month. 





MORNING PRAYER. 


1? 


Venite, exultemus Domino. 
COME, let us sing unto the 
Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in 
the strength of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence 
with thanksgiving; and show our¬ 
selves glad in him with psalms. 

For the Lord is a great God ; and 
a great King above all gods. 

In his hand are all the corners of 
the earth; and the strength of the 
hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it; and 
his hands prepared the dry land. 

O come, let us worship and fall 
down, and kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God ; and 
we are the people of his pasture, and 
the sheep of his hand. 

O worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness ; let the whole earth stand 
in awe of him. 

For he cometh, for he cometh to 
judge the earth; and with righteous¬ 
ness to judge the world, and the peo¬ 
ple with his truth. 

IT Then shall follow a Portion of the 
Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of 
the Selections of Psalms set forth by this 
Church. And at the end of every Psalm, 
and likewise at the end of the Venite, 
Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantate 
Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Deus mis- 
ereatur, Benedic, anima mea —MAY be 
said or sung the Gloria Patri; and at 
the end of the whole Portion, or Selec¬ 
tion of Psalms for the day, SHALL be 
said or sung the Gloria Patri, or else 
the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth. 

Gloria in Excelsis. 

G LORY be to God on high, and 
on earth peace, good will to¬ 
wards men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we glo¬ 
rify thee, we give thanks to thee for 
thy great glory,0 Lord God, heaven¬ 
ly King, God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only begotten Son Je¬ 
sus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of 
God, Son of the Father, that takest 
away the sins of the world, have mer- 
c 


cy upon us. Thou that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy up¬ 
on us. Thou that takest away the 
sins of the world,receive our prayer. 
Thou that sittest at the right hand 
of God the Father, have mercy up¬ 
on us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou on¬ 
ly art the Lord ; thou only, O Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, art most high 
in the glory of God the Father. 
Amen. 

IF Then shall be read the first Lesson, ac¬ 
cording to the Table or Calendar. IT After 
which shall be said or sung the following 
Hymn. 

IT Note, That before every Lesson, the 
Minister shall say, Here beginneth such 
a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of 
such a Book: and after every Lesson, 
Here endeth the first, or the second Lesson . 

Te Deum laudamus. 

E praise thee, O God ; we ac¬ 
knowledge thee to be theLord. 
All the earth doth worship thee, 
the Father everlasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the 
Heavens,and all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim 
continually do cry, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of 
Sabaoth; 

Heaven and earth are full of the 
Majesty of thy Glory. 

The glorious company of the 
Apostles praise thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the 
Prophets praise thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise 
thee. 

The holy Church throughout all 
the world doth acknowledge thee ; 

The Father, of an infinite Majes¬ 
ty ; 

Thine adorable, true, and only 
Son ; 

Also the Holy Ghost, the Com¬ 
forter. 

Thou art the King of Glory, O 
Christ. 

Thou art the everlasting Son of 
the Father. 





18 MORNING 

When thou tookest upon thee to 
deliver man, thou didst humble thy¬ 
self to be born of a Virgin. 

When thou hadst overcome the 
sharpness of death, thou didst open 
the Kingdom of Heaven to all be¬ 
lievers. 

Thou sittest at the right hand of 
God, in the Glory of the Father. 

We believe that thou shalt come 
to be our Judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy 
servants, whom thou hast redeemed 
with thy precious blood. 

Make them to be numbered with 
thy Saints, in glory everlasting. 

O Lord, save thy people, and bless 
thine heritage. 

Govern them, and lift them up for 
ever. 

Day by day we magnify thee; 

And we worship thy Name ever, 
world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this 
day without sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have 
mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, 
as our trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let 
me never be confounded. 

IF Or this Canticle. 

Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. 
ALL ye Works of the Lord, 
bless ye the Lord; praise him, 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye 
the Lord; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; 
praise him, and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Waters that be above the fir¬ 
mament, bless ye the Lord; praise 
him, and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless 
ye the Lord; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 


PRAYER. 

O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye 
the Lord; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye 
the Lord ; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Winds of God, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Winter and Summer, bless 
ye the Lord; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye 
the Lord; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye 
the Lord; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Light and Darkness, bless 
ye the Lord; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless 
ye the Lord; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O let the Earth bless the Lord; 
yea, let it praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless 
ye the Lord; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O all ye Green Things upon the 
earth,bless ye the Lord; praise him, 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; 
praise him, and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the 
Lord; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O ye Whales, and all that move in 
the waters, bless ye the Lord; praise 
him, and magnify him for ever. 




MORNING PRAYER. 


19 


O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye 
the Lord ; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless 
ye the Lord ; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him, and magnify him 
for ever. 

O let Israel bless the Lord ; praise 
him, and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye 
the Lord; praise him, and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless 
ye the Lord ; praise him, and mag¬ 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Spirits and Souls of the 
Righteous, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him, and magnify him for ever. 

O ye holy and humble Men of 
heart, bless ye the Lord ; praise him, 
and magnify him for ever. 

IT Then shall be read, in like manner, the 

second Lesson, taken out of the New Tes¬ 
tament, according to the Table or Calen¬ 
dar. And after that, the following Psalm. 

Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. 

BE joyful in the Lord, all ye 
lands: serve the Lord with 
gladness, and come before his pres¬ 
ence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is 
God ; it is he that hath made us, and 
not we ourselves ; we are his people, 
and the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with 
thanksgiving, and into his courts 
with praise; be thankful unto him, 
and speak good of his Name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mer¬ 
cy is everlasting; and his truth endu- 
reth from generation to generation. 

V Or this Hymn. 

Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. 
LESSED be the Lord God of 
Israel; for he hath visited and 
redeemed his people; 

And hath raised up a mighty sal¬ 
vation for us, in the house of his ser¬ 
vant David; 


As he spake by the mouth of his 
holy Prophets,which have been since 
the world began; 

That we should be saved from our 
enemies, and from the hand of all 
that hate us. 

IT Then shall be said the Apostles’ Creed 
by the Minister and the People, stand¬ 
ing. And any Churches may omit the 
words, He descended into hell, or may, 
instead of them, use the words, He went 
into the place of departed spirits, which 
are considered as words of the same 
meaning in the Creed. 

BELIEVE in God the Father 
Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
earth: 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son 
our Lord ; Who was conceived by 
the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin 
Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He 
descended into hell,The third day he 
rose front the dead; He ascended 
into heaven, And sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty; 
From thence he shall come to judge 
the quick and the dead, 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The 
holy Catholic Church, The Commu¬ 
nion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of 
sins ; The Resurrection of the body; 
And the Life everlasting. Amen. 

IT Or this. 

BELIEVE in one God the Fath¬ 
er Almighty, Maker of heaven 
and earth, And of all things visible 
and invisible: 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the 
only-begotten Son of God, Begotten 
of his Father before all worlds ; God 
of God, Light of Light, very God of 
very God, Begotten, not made, Being 
of one substance with the Father; By 
whom all things were made;Who, for 
us men, and for our salvation, came 
down from heaven, And was incar¬ 
nate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin 
Mary, And was made man, And was 
crucified also for us under Pontius Pi¬ 
late. He suffered and was buried; 
And the third day he rose again, ac- 





20 


MORNING PRAYER. 


cording to the Scriptures;And ascen¬ 
ded into heaven, And sitteth on the 
right hand of the Father. And he 
shall come again with glory to judge 
both the quick and the dead ; Whose 
kingdom shall have no end. 

And I believe in the HolyGhost,the 
Lord and Giver of Life, Who pro¬ 
ceeded! from the Father and the Son, 
Who with the Father and the Son to¬ 
gether is worshipped and glorified, 
Who spake by the Prophets. And I 
believe one Catholic and Apostolic 
Church. I acknowledge one Baptism 
for the remission of sins ; And I look 
for the Resurrection of the dead, And 
the Life of the world to come. Amen. 

IT And after that, these Prayers following, 
all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first 
pronouncing, 

The Lord be with you. 

Ans. And with thy spirit. 

Min. Let us pray. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. 

Ans. And grant us thy salvation. 

Min. O God, make clean our 
hearts within us. 

Ans. And take not thy Holy 
Spirit from us. 

IT Then shall follow the Collect for the day, 
except when the Communion Service is 
read; and then the Collect for the day 
shall be omitted here. 

A Collect for Peace. 

O GOD, who art the author of 
peace and lover of concord, in 
knowledge of whom standeth our 
eternal life, whose service is perfect 
freedom; Defend us thy humble ser¬ 
vants in all assaults of our enemies ; 
that we, surely trusting in thy de¬ 
fence, may not fear the power of any 
adversaries, through the might of Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A Collect for Grace. 

LORD, our heavenly Father, 
Almighty and everlasting God, 
who hast safely brought us to the be¬ 
ginning of this day; Defend us in the 
same with thy mighty power; and 
grant that this day we fall into no sin, 


neither run into any kind of dangei: 
but that all our doings, being ordered 
by thy governance, may be righteous 
in thy sight; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer for the President of the United 
States, and all in Civil Authority. 

LORD, our heavenly Father, 
the high and mighty Ruler of the 
universe, who dost from thy throne 
behold all the dwellers upon earth ; 
Most heartily we beseech thee with 
thy favour to behold and bless thy 
servant, The President of the to 
ted States, and all others in author 
ity ; and so replenish them with the 
grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they 
may always incline to thy will, and 
walk in thy way. Endue them plen- 
teously with heavenly gifts ; grant 
them in health and prosperity long 
to live; and finally, after this life, to 
attain everlasting joy and felicity , 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

T The following Prayers are to be omitted 
here, when the Litany is read. 

A Prayer for the Clergy and People. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, from whom cometh every 
good and perfect gift; Send down up¬ 
on our Bishops, and other Clergy,and 
upon the Congregations committed 
to their charge, the healthful spirit of 
thy grace ; and, that they may truly 
please thee, pour upon them the con¬ 
tinual dew of thy blessing. Grant 
this, O Lord, for the honour of our 
Advocate and Mediator, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. 

GOD, the Creator and Preser¬ 
ver of all mankind, we humbly 
beseech thee for all sorts and condi¬ 
tions of men ; that thou wouldest be 
pleased to make thy ways known un¬ 
to them, thy saving health unto all 
nations. More especially we pray 
for thy holy Church universal; that it 
may be so guided and governed by 






EVENING PRAYER. 21 


thy good Spirit, that all who profess 
and call themselves Christians may 
be led into the way of truth, and hold 
the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond 
of peace, and in righteousness of life. 
Finally, we commend to thy fatherly 
goodness all those who are any wavs 
afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, 
or estate ; that it may please thee to 
comfort and relieve them, according 
to their several necessities; giving 
them patience under their sufferings, 
and a happy issue out of all their af¬ 
flictions. And this we beg for Jesus 
Christ’s sake. Amen. 

A General Thanksgiving. 

LMIGHTY God, Father of all 
mercies, we, thine unworthy 
servants, do give thee most humble 
and hearty thanks for all thy good¬ 
ness and loving kindness to us, and 
to all men. We bless thee for our 
creation, preservation, and all the 
blessings of this life; but above all, 
for thine inestimable love in the re¬ 
demption of the world by our Lord 
Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, 
and for the hope of glory. And, we 
beseech thee, give us that due sense 


of all thy mercies, that our hearts may 
be unfeignedly thankful, and that we 
may show forth thy praise, not only 
with our lips, but in our lives; by giv¬ 
ing up ourselves to thy service, and 
by walking before thee in holiness 
and righteousness all our days; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to 
whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, 
be all honour and glory, world with¬ 
out end. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

A LMIGHTY God, who hast giv¬ 
en us grace at this time with 
one accord to make our common sup¬ 
plications unto thee; and dost prom¬ 
ise that when two or three are gath¬ 
ered together in thy Name thou wilt 
grant their requests; Fulfil now, O 
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy 
servants, as may be most expedient 
for them ; granting us in this world 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen . 
2 Cor. xiii. 14. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 


Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer. 




THE ORDER FOR DAILY 

EVENING PRAYER. 


V The Minister shall begin the Evening Prayer, by reading one or more of the fol¬ 
lowing Sentences of Scripture. 


T HE Lord is in his holy temple ; 

let all the earth keep silence be¬ 
fore him. Hab. ii. 20. 

From the rising of the sun even 
unto the going down of the same, my 
Name shall be great among the Gen¬ 
tiles ; and in every place incense shall 
be offered unto my Name, and a pure 
offering: for my Name shall be great 
among the heathen, saith the Lord 
of hosts. Mai. i. 11. 

Let the words of my mouth, and 


the meditation of my heart, be alway 
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength and my redeemer. Psal. 
xix. 14, 15. 

When the wicked man turneth a- 
way from his wickedness that he hath 
committed, and doeth that which is 
lawful and right, he shall save his 
soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. 

I acknowledge my transgressions; 
and my sin is ever before me. Psal . 
li. 3. 








22 


EVENING PRAYER. 


Hide thy face from my sins ; and 
blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. li. 9. 

The sacrifices of God are a bro¬ 
ken spirit: a broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 
Psal li. 17. 

Rend your heart, and not your gar¬ 
ments, and turn unto the Lord your 
God ; for he is gracious and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and repenteth him of the evil. Joel 
ii. 13. 

To the Lord our God belong mer¬ 
cies and forgivenesses, though we 
have rebelled against him; neither 
have we obeyed the voice of the Lord 
our God, to walk in his laws which 
he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 

O Lord, correct me, but with judg¬ 
ment ; not in thine anger, lest thou 
bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psal. 
vi. 1. 

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of 
Heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. 

I will arise, and go to my father, 
and will say unto him, Father, I 
have sinned against heaven, and be¬ 
fore thee, and am no more worthy to 
be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 
18,19. 

Enter not into judgment with thy 
servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight 
shall no man living be justified. Psal. 
cxliii. 2. 

If we say that we have no sin, we 
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 
in us; but if we confess our sins, God 
is faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un¬ 
righteousness. 1 John i. 8,9. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

EARLY beloved brethren, the 
Scripture moveth us, in sundry 
places, to acknowledge and confess 
our manifold sins and wickedness ; 
and that we should not dissemble nor 
cloak them before the face of Almigh¬ 
ty God our heavenly Father; but con¬ 
fess them with an humble, lowly, pen¬ 
itent, and obedient heart; to the end 


that we may obtain forgiveness'of the 
same, by his infinite goodness and 
mercy. And although we ought, at 
all times, humbly to acknowledge our 
sins before God ; yet ought we chief¬ 
ly so to do, when we assemble and 
meet together to render thanks for 
the great benefits that we have re¬ 
ceived at his hands, to set forth his 
most worthy praise, to hear his most 
holy Word, and to ask those things 
which are requisite and necessary, as 
well for the body as the soul. Where¬ 
fore I pray and beseech you, as many 
as are here present, to accompany 
me with a pure heart, and humble 
voice, unto the throne of the heaven¬ 
ly grace, saying— 

A General Confession. IT To be said by the 
whole Congregation, after the Minister, 
all kneeling. 

LMIGHTY and most merciful 
Father; We have erred, and 
strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. 
We have followed too much the de¬ 
vices and desires of our own hearts. 
We have offended against thy holy 
laws. We have left undone those 
things which we ought to have done; 
And we have done those things which 
we ought not to have done ; And 
there is no health in us. But thou, 
O Lord, have mercy upon us, miser¬ 
able offenders. Spare thou those, O 
God, who confess their faults. Re¬ 
store thou thosewho are penitent; Ac¬ 
cording to thy promises declared un¬ 
to mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
And grant, O most merciful Father, 
for his sake ; That we may hereafter 
live a godly, righteous, and sober 
life, To the glory of thy holy Name. 
Amen. 

The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission 
of Sins. IT To be made by the Priest 
alone, standing; the People still kneel¬ 
ing. 

A LMIGHTY God, the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who de- 
sirethnotthe death of a sinner, but 
rather that he may turn from his 






EVENING 

wickedness and live, hath given pow¬ 
er, and commandment, to his Minis¬ 
ters, to declare and pronounce to his 
people, being penitent,the Absolution 
and Remission of their sins. He par- 
doneth and absolveth all those who 
truly repent, and unfeignedly believe 
his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us 
beseech him to grant us true repent¬ 
ance, and his Holy Spirit, that those 
things may please him which we do 
at this present; and that the rest of 
our life hereafter may be pure and 
holy; so that at the last we may come 
to his eternal joy ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

IT The People shall answer here, and at the 
end of every Prayer, Amen. 

IF Or this. 

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly 
Father, who of his great mercy 
hath promised forgiveness of sins to 
all those who, with hearty repent¬ 
ance and true faith, turn unto him ; 
Have mercy upon you; pardon and 
deliver you from all your sins ; con¬ 
firm and strengthen you in all good¬ 
ness ; and bring you to everlasting 
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

V Then the Minister shall kneel, and say 
the Lord’s Prayer; the People still kneel¬ 
ing, and repeating it with him, both 
here, and wheresoever else it is used in 
Divine Service. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; But 
deliver us from evil: For thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the glo¬ 
ry, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT Then likewise he shall say, 

O Lord, open thou our lips. 

Ans. And our mouth shall show 
forth thy praise. 


PRAYER. 23 

IT Here, all standing up, the Minister 
shall say, 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

Ans. As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world with¬ 
out end. 

Min. Praise ye the Lord. 

Ans. The Lord’s Name be praised. 

IF Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, 
as they are appointed, or one of the Se¬ 
lections, as they are set forth by this 
Church, with the Doxology, as in the 
Morning Service. IF Then shall be read 
the first Lesson, according to the Table or 
Calendar. IF After which shall be said or 
sung the following Psalm, except when 
it is read in the ordinary course of the 
Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the 
month. 

Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song; for he hath done marvel¬ 
lous things. 

With his own right hand, and with 
his holy arm, hath he gotten himself 
the victory. 

The Lord declared his salvation; 
his righteousness hath he openly 
showed in the sight of the heathen. 

He hath remembered his mercy 
and truth toward the house of Isra¬ 
el ; and all the ends of the world have 
seen the salvation of our God. 

Show yourselves joyful unto the 
Lord, all ye lands; sing, rejoice, and 
give thanks. 

Praise the Lord upon the harp; 
sing to the harp with a psalm of 
thanksgiving. 

With trumpets also and shawms, 
O show yourselves joyful before the 
Lord, the King. 

Let the sea make a noise, and all 
that therein is; the round world, and 
they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands, and; 
let the hills be joyful together before 
the Lord ; for he cometh to judge the; 
earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge 
the world,and the people with equity.. 




24 EVENING PRAYER. 


T Or this. 

Bonum est confiteri. Psalm xcii. 
T is a good thing to give thanks 
unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto thy Name, O Most Highest; 

To tell of thy loving-kindness ear¬ 
ly in the morning, and of thy truth 
in the night season ; 

Upon an instrument often strings, 
and upon the lute; upon a loud in¬ 
strument, and upon the harp. 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad 
through thy works; and I will re¬ 
joice in giving praise for the opera¬ 
tions of thy hands. 

T Then a Lesson of the New Testament, 

as it is appointed. If And after that, shall 

be sung or said this Psalm, except on the 

twelfth day of the month. 

Deus misereatur. Psalm lxvii. 
OD be merciful unto us, and 
'bless us, and show us the light 
of his countenance, and be merciful 
unto us; 

That thy way may be known up¬ 
on earth, thy saving health among 
all nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God; 
yea, let all the people praise thee. 

O let the nations rejoice and be 
glad ; for thou shalt judge the folk 
righteously, and govern the nations 
upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God; 
yea, let all the people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth bring forth 
her increase; and God, even our own 
God, shall give us his blessing. 

God shall bless us; and all the ends 
of the world shall fear him. 

IT Or this. 

Benedic , anima mea. Psalm ciii. 
RAISE the Lord, O my soul; 
and all that is within me, praise 
his holy Name. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and 
forget not all his benefits : 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and 
healeth all thine infirmities ; 

Who saveth thy life from destruc¬ 


tion, and crowneth thee with mercy 
and loving-kindness. 

O praise the Lord, ye Angels of 
his, ye that excel in strength; ye that 
fulfil his commandment, and heark¬ 
en unto the voice of his word. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts; 
ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye 
works of his, in all places of his do¬ 
minion : praise thou the Lord, O my 
soul. 

IT Then shall be said the Apostle’s Creed by 
the Minister and the People, standing. 
And any Churches may omit the words, 
He descended into hell , or may, instead of 
them, use the words, He went into the place 
of departed spirits, which are considered 
as words of the same meaning in the 
Creed. 

BELIEVE in God the Father 
Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
earth: 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son 
our Lord; Who was conceived by 
the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin 
Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
Was crucified, dead, and buried; He 
descended into hell, The third day 
he rose from the dead; He ascended 
into heaven, And sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty; 
From thence he shall come to judge 
the quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The 
holy Catholic Church, the Commu¬ 
nion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of 
sins ; The Resurrection of the body; 
And the Life everlasting. Amen. 

IT Or this. 

BELIEVE in one God the Fa¬ 
ther Almighty, Maker of heaven 
and earth, And of all things visible 
and invisible: 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the 
only begotten Son of God, Begotten 
of his Father before all worlds; God 
of God, Light of Light, very God of 
very God, Begotten, not made,Being 
of one substance with the Father ; By 
whom all things were made; Who,for 






EVENING 

us men, and for our salvation, came 
down from heaven, And was incar¬ 
nate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin 
Mary, And was made man, And was 
crucified also for us under Pontius Pi¬ 
late. He suffered and was buried; 
And the third day he rose again, ac¬ 
cording to the Scriptures; And ascen¬ 
ded into heaven, And sitteth on the 
right hand of the Father. And he 
shall come again with glory, to judge 
both the quick and the dead; Whose 
kingdom shall have no end. 

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, 
the Lord and Giver of Life, Who pro¬ 
ceeded from the Father and the Son, 
Who with the Father and the Son to¬ 
gether is worshipped and glorified, 
Who spake by the Prophets. And I 
believe one Catholic and Apostolic 
Church. I acknowledge one Baptism 
for the remission of sins ; And I look 
for the Resurrection of the dead, And 
the Life of the world to come. Amen. 

If And after that, these Prayers following, all 
devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pro¬ 
nouncing, 

The Lord be with you. 

Ans. And with thy spirit. 

Min. Let us pray. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. 
Ans. And grant us thy salvation. 
Min. O God, make clean our 
hearts within us. 

Ans. And take not thy Holy Spir¬ 
it from us. 

IT Then shall be said the Collect for the day, 
and after that the Collects and Prayers fol¬ 
lowing. 

A Collect for Peace. 

GOD, from whom all holy de¬ 
sires, all good counsels, and all 
just works do proceed ; Give unto 
thy servants that peace, which the 
world cannot give; that our hearts 
may be set to obey thy command¬ 
ments, and also that by thee, we, being 
defended from the fearof our enemies, 
may pass our time in rest and quiet¬ 
ness; through the merits of Jesus 
Christ our Saviour. Amen. 

D 


PRAYER. 25 

A Collect for Aid against Perils. 

O LORD, our heavenly Father, 
by whose Almighty power we 
have been preserved this day; By 
thy great mercy defend us from all 
perils and dangers of this night; for 
the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

A Prayer for thePresident of theUnited States , 
and all in Civil Authority. 

O LORD, our heavenly Father, 
the high and mighty Ruler of 
the universe, who dost from thy 
throne behold all the dwellers upon 
earth; Most heartily we beseech thee 
with thy favour to behold and bless 
thy servant, The President of the 
Uniteb States, and all others in au¬ 
thority ; and so replenish them with 
the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that 
they may always incline to thy will, 
and walk in thy way. Endue them 
plenteously with heavenly gifts; 
grant them in health and prosperity 
long to live; and finally, after this 
life, to attain everlasting joy and fe¬ 
licity;; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer for the Clergy and People. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, from whom cometh every 
good and perfect gift; Send down 
upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, 
and upon the Congregations commit¬ 
ted to their charge, the healthful 
Spirit of thy grace; and, that they 
may truly please thee,pour upon them 
the continual dew of thy blessing. 
Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of 
our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. 

GOD, the Creator and Preserv¬ 
er of all mankind, we humbly 
beseech thee for all sorts and condi¬ 
tions of men; that thou wouldest be 
pleased to make thy ways known un¬ 
to them, thy saving health unto all 
nations. More especially we pray for 
thy holy Church universal; that it 





26 


THE LITANY. 


may be so guided and governed by 
thy good Spirit, that all who profess 
and call themselves Christians may 
be led into the way of truth, and hold 
the faith in unity of spirit, in the 
bond of peace, and in righteousness 
of life. Finally, we commend to thy 
fatherly goodness all those who are 
any ways afflicted, or distressed, in 
mind, body, or estate ; that it may 
please thee to comfort and relieve 
them, according to their several ne¬ 
cessities; giving them patience under 
their sufferings, and a happy issue 
out of all their afflictions. And this 
we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 

A General Thanksgiving. 

LMIGHTY God, Father of all 
mercies, we, thine unworthy 
servants, do give thee most humble 
and hearthy thanks for all thy good¬ 
ness and loving-kindness to us, and 
to all men. We bless thee for our 
creation, preservation, and all the 
blessings of this life; but above all, 
for thine inestimable love in the re¬ 
demption of the world by our Lord 
J esus Christ; for the means of grace, 
and for the hope of glory. And, we 

Here endeth the Ore 


beseech thee, give us that due sense 
of all thy mercies, that our hearts may 
be unfeignedly thankful, and that we 
may show forth thy praise, not only 
with our lips,but in our lives; by giv¬ 
ing up ourselves to thy service, and 
by walking before thee in holiness and 
righteousness all our days; through 
J esus Christ our Lord, to whom, with 
thee and the Holy Ghost,be all honour 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

A LMIGHTY God, who hast giv¬ 
en us grace at this time with 
one accord to make our common sup¬ 
plications unto thee; and dost prom¬ 
ise that when two or three are gath¬ 
ered together in thy Name, thou wilt 
grant their requests; Fulfil now, O 
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy 
servants, as may be most expedient 
for them ; granting us in this world 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen . 
2 Cor. xiii. 14. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 

r of Evening Prayer. 




THE LITANY, 

OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. 

^ To be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 


O GOD the Father of Heaven; 

have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 

O God the Father of Heaven; 
have mercy upon us miserable sin¬ 
ners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world ; have mercy upon us miser¬ 
able sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world; have mercy upon us misera¬ 
ble sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding 


from the Father and the Son ; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceed¬ 
ing from the Father and the Son; 
have mercy upon us miserable sin¬ 
ners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Tri¬ 
nity,three Persons and one God; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious 
Trinity, three Persons and one 
God; have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 







THE LITANY. 


Remember not, Lord, our offen¬ 
ces, nor the offences of our fore¬ 
fathers ; neither take thou vengeance 
of our sins: spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy most precious 
blood, and be not angry with us for 
ever. 

Spare us, good Lord. 

From all evil and mischief; from 
sin; from the crafts and assaults of 
the devil; from thy wrath, and from 
everlasting damnation, 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From all blindness of heart; from 
pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; 
from envy, hatred, and malice, and 
all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all inordinate and sinful 
affections; and from all the deceits 
of the world, the flesh, and the devil, 
Good Lord , deliver us. 

Fromlightningand tempest; from 
plague, pestilence, and famine; from 
battle and murder, and from sudden 
death, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspi¬ 
racy, and rebellion; from all false 
doctrine, heresy, and schism; from 
hardness of heart, and contempt of 
thy Word and Commandment, 
Good Lord, deliver us. 

By the mystery of thy holy Incar¬ 
nation ; by thy holy Nativity and 
Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fast¬ 
ing, and Temptation, 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; 
by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy 
precious Death and Burial; by thy 
glorious Resurrection and Ascension; 
and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, 
Good Lord, deliver us. 

In all time of our tribulation ; in 
all time of our prosperity; in the hour 
of death, and in the day of judgment, 
Good Lord , deliver us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to hear 


27 

us, O Lord God; and that it may 
please thee to rule and govern thy 
holy Church universal in the right 
way; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
and preserve all Christian Rulers and 
Magistrates, giving them grace to 
execute justice, and to maintain 
truth; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to illumi¬ 
nate all Bishops, Priests, and Dea¬ 
cons, with true knowledge and un¬ 
derstanding of thy Word; and that 
both by their preaching and living 
they may set it forth, and show it 
accordingly; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
and keep all thy people; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give to 
all nations unity, peace,and concord; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
us an heart to love and fear thee, 
and diligently to live after thy com¬ 
mandments ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
to all thy people increase of grace to 
hear meekly thy Word, and to re¬ 
ceive it with pure affection, and to 
bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bring 
into the way of truth all such as 
have erred, and are deceived; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord . 

That it may please thee to 
strengthen such as do stand; and to 



28 


THE LITANY. 


comfort and help the weak-hearted; 
and to raise up those who fall; and 
finally to beat down Satan under our 
feet; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to suc¬ 
cour, help, and comfort, all who are 
in danger, necessity, and tribulation; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to pre¬ 
serve all who travel by land or by 
water, all women in the perils of 
childbirth, all sick persons, and 
young children; and to show thy 
pity upon all prisoners and captives; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to defend, 
and provide for, the fatherless chil¬ 
dren, and widows, and all who are 
desolate and oppressed; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to have 
mercy upon all men ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive 
our enemies, persecutors, and slan¬ 
derers, and to turn their hearts ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
and preserve to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, so that in due 
time we may enjoy them; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
us true repentance; to forgive us all 
our sins, negligences, and ignoran¬ 
ces ; and to endue us with the grace 
of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives 
according to thy holy Word;" 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to 
hear us. 


Son of God, we beseech thee U 
hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world ; 

Grant us thy peace . 
i O Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

IT The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all 
that follows, to the Prayer, “ We humbly be¬ 
seech thee , O Father ,” &c. 

O Christ, hear us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

IT Then shall the Minister, and the People with 
him, say the Lord’s Prayer. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

Min. O Lord, deal not with us 
according to our sins. 

Ans. Neither reward us accord¬ 
ing to our iniquities. 

Let us pray. 

GOD, merciful Father, who 
despisest not the sighing of a 
contrite heart, nor the desire of such 
as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist 
our prayers which we make before 
thee in all our troubles and adversi¬ 
ties, whensoever they oppress us ; 
and graciously hear us, that those 
evils which the craft and subtilty of 
the devil or man worketh against 
us, may, by thy good providence, be 
brought to naught; that we thy ser¬ 
vants, being hurt by no persecutions, 
may evermore give thanks unto thee 
in thy holy Church; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 







THE LITANY. 


O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thy Name's sake. 

O GOD, we have heard with our 
ears, and our fathers have de¬ 
clared unto us, the noble works that 
thou didst in their days, and in the 
old time before them. 

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thine honour. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

Ans. As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world with¬ 
out end. Amen. 

From our enemies defend us, O 
Christ. 

Graciously look upon our afflic¬ 
tions. 

With pity behold the sorrows of 
our hearts. 

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy 
people. 

Favourably with mercy hear our 
prayers. 

O Son of David, have mercy upon 
us. 

Both now and ever vouchsafe to 
hear us, O Christ. 

Graciously hear us, O Christ; 
graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. 

Min. O Lord, let thy mercy be 
showed upon us; 

Ans. As we do put our trust in 
thee. 

Let us pray. 

E humbly beseech thee, O 
Father, mercifully to look 
upon our infirmities; and, for the 
glory of thy Name, turn from us all 
those evils that we most justly have 
deserved ; and grant,that in all our 
troubles we may put our whole trust 
and confidence in thy mercy, and 
evermore serve thee in holiness and 
pureness of living, to thy honour 


29 

and glory; through our only Media¬ 
tor and Advocate, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

A General Thanksgiving. 

LMIGHT Y God, Father of all 
mercies, we, thine unworthy 
servants, do give thee most humble 
and hearty thanks for all thy good¬ 
ness and loving-kindness to us, and 
to all men. We bless thee for our 
creation, preservation, and all the 
blessings of this life ; but above all, 
for thine inestimable love in the re¬ 
demption of the world by our Lord 
Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, 
and for the hope of glory. And, we 
beseech thee, give us that due sense 
of all thy mercies,that our hearts may 
be unfeignedly thankful, and that we 
may show forth thy praise, not only 
with our lips, but in our lives; by giv¬ 
ing up ourselves to thy service, and 
by walking before thee in holiness and 
righteousness all our days; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with 
thee and the HolyGhost,be all honour 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

A LMIGHTY God,who hast giv¬ 
en us grace at this time with 
one accord to make our common sup¬ 
plications unto thee; and dost prom¬ 
ise that when two or three are gath¬ 
ered together in thy Name thou wilt 
grant their requests; Fulfil now, O 
Lord, the desires and petitions of thy 
servants, as may be most expedient 
for them ; granting us in this world 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen. 
2 Cor. xiii. 14. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 


Here endeth the Litany. 






PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS 

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 

T To be used before the two final Prayers of Morning and Evening Service. 

PRAYERS. 


A Prayer for Congress. V To be used during 
their Session. 

M OST gracious God, we hum¬ 
bly beseech thee, as for the 
people of these States in ge¬ 

neral, so especialTyTor their Senate 
and Representatives in Congress as¬ 
sembled ; that thou wouldest be 
pleased to direct and prosper all their 
consultations, to the advancement of 
thy glory, the good of thy Church, 
the safety, honour, and welfare of 
thy people ; that all things may be 
so ordered and settled by their en¬ 
deavours, upon the best and surest 
foundations, that peace and happi¬ 
ness, truth and justice, religion and 
piety, may be established among us 
for all generations. These and all 
other necessaries, for them, for us, 
and thy whole Church, we humbly 
beg in the Name and Mediation of 
Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord 
and Saviour. Amen. 

For Rain. 

O GOD, heavenly Father, who 
by thy Son Jesus Christ hast 
promised to all those who seek thy 
kingdom and the righteousness there¬ 
of, all things necessary to their bodily 
sustenance;Send us,we beseech thee, 
in this our necessity, such moderate 
rain and showers, that we may re¬ 
ceive the fruits of the earth to our 
comfort, and to thy honour; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For Fair Weather. 

LMIGHTY and most merciful 
Father, we humbly beseech 
thee,of thy great goodness,to restrain 
those immoderate rains, wherewith, 


for our sins, thou hast afflicted us. 
And we pray thee to send us such 
seasonable weather, that the earth 
may, in due time, yield her increase 
for our use and benefit. And give us 
grace, that we may learn by thy 
punishments to amend our lives, 
and for thy clemency to give thee 
thanks and praise; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

In time of Dearth and Famine. 

O GOD, heavenly Father, whose 
gift it is that the rain doth fall, 
and the earth bring forth her in¬ 
crease ; Behold, we beseech thee, the 
afflictions of thy people; increase the 
fruits of the earth by thy heavenly 
benediction; and grant that the 
scarcity and dearth, which we now 
most justly suffer for our sins, may, 
through thy goodness, be mercifully 
turned into plenty; for the love of 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honour and glory, now and for ever. 
Amen. 

In Time of War and Tumults. 

O ALMIGHTY God, the. su¬ 
preme Governor of all things, 
whose power no creature is able to 
resist, to whom it belongeth justly to 
punish sinners, and to be merciful 
to those who truly repent; save and 
deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, 
from the hands of our enemies ; that 
we, being armed with thy defence, 
may be preserved evermore from all 
perils, to glorify thee, who art the 
only giver of all victory; through the 
merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 






PRAYERS. 


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For those who are to le admitted into Holy 
Orders. TT T 0 be used in the Weeks pre¬ 
ceding the stated Times of Ordination. 

LMIGHTY God, our heaven¬ 
ly Father, who hast purchased 
to thyself an universal Church by 
the precious blood of thy dear Son ; 
Mercifully look upon the same, and 
at this time so guide and govern the 
minds of thy servants the Bishops 
and Pastors of thy flock, that they 
may lay hands suddenly on no man, 
but faithfully and wisely make choice 
of fit persons, to serve in the sacred 
Ministry of thy Church. And, to 
those who shall be ordained to any 
holy function, give thy grace and 
heavenly benediction ; that both by 
their life and doctrine they may show 
forth thy glory, and set forward the 
salvation of all men ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IT Or this. 

A lmighty God, the giver of 

all good gifts, who of thy divine 
providence hast appointed divers Or¬ 
ders in thy Church ; Give thy grace, 
we humbly beseech thee, to all those 
who are to be called to any office and 
administration in the same ; and so 
replenish them with the truth of thy 
doctrine, and endue them with inno- 
cency of life, that they may faithfully 
serve before thee, to the glory of thy 
great Name, and the benefit of thy 
holy Church ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

In Time of great Sickness and Mortality. 

ALMIGHTY God, the Lord 
of life and death, of sickness 
and health;Regard our supplications, 
we humbly beseech thee; and, as 
thou hast thought fit to visit us for 
our sins with great sickness and mor¬ 
tality, in the midst of thy judgment, 
O Lord, remember mercy. Have 
pity upon us miserable sinners, and 
withdraw from us the grievous sick¬ 
ness with which we are afflicted. 
May this thy fatherly correction have 


its due influence upon us, by leading 
us to consider how frail and uncer¬ 
tain our life is ; that we may apply 
our hearts unto that heavenly wis¬ 
dom which in the end will bring us 
to everlasting life ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For a Sick Person. 

FATHER of mercies and God 
of all comfort, our only help in 
time of need ; Look down from hea¬ 
ven, we humbly beseech thee, be¬ 
hold, visit, and relieve thy sick ser¬ 
vant, for whom our prayers are de¬ 
sired. Look upon him with the eyes 
of thy mercy; comfort him with a 
sense of thy goodness ; preserve him 
from the temptations of the enemy ; 
give him patience under his afflic¬ 
tion ; and, in thy good time, restore 
him to health, and enable him to 
lead the residue of his life in thy 
fear, and to thy glory. Or else give 
him grace so to take thy visitation, 
that, after this painful life ended, he 
may dwell with thee in life everlast¬ 
ing ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Fora Sick Child. 

A LMIGHTY God, and merciful 
Father, to whom alone belong 
the issues of life and death; Look 
down from heaven, we humbly be¬ 
seech thee, with the eyes of mercy, 
upon the sick child for whom our 
prayers are desired. Deliver him, 
O Lord, in thy good appointed time, 
from his bodily pain, and visit him 
with thy salvation ; that if it should 
be thy good pleasure to prolong his 
days here on earth, he may live to 
thee, and be an instrument of thy 
glory, by serving thee faithfully, and 
doing good in his generation. Or 
else receive him into those heavenly 
habitations, where the souls of those 
who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy 
perpetual rest and felicity. Grant 
this, O Lord, for the love of thy Son, 
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 






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PRAYERS. 


For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea. 

ETERNAL God, who alone 
spreadest out the heavens, and 
rulest the raging of the sea; We 
commend to thy Almighty protec¬ 
tion, thy servant , for whose preser¬ 
vation on the great deep our prayers 
are desired. Guard him , we be¬ 
seech thee, from the dangers of the 
sea, from sickness, from the violence 
of enemies, and from every evil to 
which he may be exposed. Conduct 
him in safety to the haven where he 
would be, with a grateful sense of 
thy mercies; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

For a Person under Affliction. 

O MERCIFUL God, and hea¬ 
venly Father, who hast taught 
us in thy holy Word that thou dost 
not willingly afflict or grieve the 
children of men; Look with pity, we 
beseech thee, upon the sorrows of 
thy servant , for whom our prayers 
are desired. In thy wisdom thou 
hast seen fit to visit him with trouble, 
and to bring distress upon him . Re¬ 
member him , O Lord, in mercy; 
sanctify thy fatherly correction to 
him; endue his soul with patience 
under his affliction, and with resig¬ 
nation to thy blessed will; comfort 
him with a sense of thy goodness ; 
lift up thy countenance upon him , and 
give him peace; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

For Malefactors , after Condemnation. Or 
else the Prayer in the Visitation of Prison¬ 
ers, beginning, “ O Father of Mercies,” &c., 
may be used. 

O MOST gracious and. merciful 
God, we earnestly beseech thee 
to have pity and compassion upon 
those persons recommended to our 
prayers, who now lie under the sen¬ 
tence of the law, and are appointed 
to die. Visit them , O Lord, with 
thy mercy and salvation ; convince 
them of the miserable condition they 
are in, by their sins and wickedness; 
and let thy powerful grace produce 


in them such a godly sorrow, and 
sincere repentance, as thou wilt be 
pleased to accept. Give them a 
strong and lively faith in thy Son, 
our blessed Saviour, and make it ef¬ 
fectual to the salvation of their souls. 
OLord, in judgment remember mer¬ 
cy ; and whatever sufferings they are 
to endure in this world, yet deliver 
them , O God, from the bitter pains of 
eternal death. Pardon their sins, 
and save their souls , for the sake and 
merits of thy dear Son, our blessed 
Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 

A Prayer to be used at the Meetings of Con¬ 
vention. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who by thy Holy Spirit 
didst preside in the Councils of the 
blessed Apostles, and hast promised, 
through thy Son Jesus Christ, to be 
with thy Church to the end of the 
world ; We beseech thee to be pre¬ 
sent with the Council of thy Church 
here assembled in thy Name and 
Presence. Save them from all error, 
ignorance, pride, and prejudice; and 
of thy great mercy vouchsafe, we 
beseech thee, so to direct, sanctify, 
and govern us in our present work, 
by the mighty power of the Holy 
Ghost, that the comfortable Gospel 
of Christ may be truly preached, 
truly received, and truly followed, in 
all places, to the breaking down the 
kingdom of sin, Satan, and death ; 
till at length the whole of thy dis¬ 
persed sheep, being gathered into one 
fold, shall become partakers of ever¬ 
lasting life; through the merits and 
death of Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
Amen. 

IT During the period of the session of any Gen¬ 
eral or Diocesan Convention, the above 
Prayer may be used by all Congrega¬ 
tions of this Church, or of the Diocese 
concerned ; the clause, “ here assembled 
in thy Name and Presence,” being chan¬ 
ged to “now assembled in thy Name and 
Presence and the clause “ govern us in 
our present work,” to “ govern them in their 
present work.” 




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THANKSGIVINGS. 


The Thanksgiving of Women after Child- I 
hirth. IT To b© said when any woman, be¬ 
ing present in Church, shall have desired to 
return thanks to Almighty God for her safe 
deliverance. 

O ALMIGHTY God, we give 
thee humble thanks, for that 
thou hast been graciously pleased to 
preserve, through the great pain and 
peril of child-birth, this woman , thy 
servant , who desireth now to offer 
her praises and thanksgivings unto 
thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most 
merciful Father, that she , through 
thy help, may both faithfully live and 
walk according to thy will in this 
life present, and also may be parta¬ 
ker of everlasting glory in the life to 
come;through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For Rain. 

O GOD, our heavenly Father, 
who by thy gracious providence 
dost cause the former and the latter 
rain to descend upon the earth, that 
it may bring forth fruit for the use of 
man ; We give thee humble thanks 
that it hath pleased thee, in our great 
necessity, to send us at the last a 
joyful rain upon thine inheritance, 
and to refresh it when it was dry, to 
the great comfort of us thy unworthy 
servants, and to the glory of thy holy 
Name; through thy mercies in Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For Fair Weather. 

O LORD God, who hast justly 
humbled us by thy late visita¬ 
tion of us with immoderate rain and 
waters,and in thy mercy hast relieved 
and comforted our souls by this sea¬ 
sonable and blessed change of weath¬ 
er ; We praise and glorify thy holy 
Name for this thy mercy, and will al¬ 
ways declare thy loving kindness 
from generation to generation ; 
through JesusChrist our Lord. Amen. 

E 


For Plenty. 

O MOST merciful Father, who of 
thy gracious goodness hast heard 
the devout prayers of thy Church, 
and turned our dearth and scarcity 
into plenty ; We give thee humble 
thanks for this thy special bounty * 
beseeching thee to continue thy lov¬ 
ing-kindness unto us, that our land 
may yield us her fruits of increase, to 
thy glory and our comfort; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For Peace, and Deliverance from our Ene¬ 
mies. 

O ALMIGHTY God, who art a 
strong tower of defence unto 
thy servants against the face of their 
enemies ; We yield thee praise and 
thanksgiving for our deliverance 
from those great and apparent dan¬ 
gers wherewith we were compassed. 
We acknowledge it thygoodness that 
we were not delivered over as a prey 
unto them; beseeching thee still to 
continue such thymercies towards us, 
that all the world may know that thou 
art ourSaviour and mightyDeliverer; 
through J esusChrist ourLord. Amen. 

For Restoring Public Peace at Home. 

ETERNAL God, our heaven¬ 
ly Father, who alone makest 
men to be of one mind in a house, 
and stillest the outrage of a violent 
and unruly people; We bless thy holy 
Name that it hath pleased thee to 
appease the seditious tumults which 
have been lately raised up amongst 
us ; most humbly beseeching thee to 
grant to all of us grace, that we may 
henceforth obediently walk in thy 
holy commandments ; and, leading 
a quiet and peaceable life in all god¬ 
liness and honesty, may continually 
offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise 
and thanksgiving for these thy mer¬ 
cies towards us; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 




34 


THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 


For Deliverance from Great Sickness and Mor¬ 
tality. 

LORD God, who hast wound¬ 
ed us for our sins, and consum¬ 
ed us for our transgressions, by thy 
late heavy and dreadful visitation; 
and now, in the midst of judgment 
remembering mercy, hast redeemed 
our souls from the jaws of death; We 
offer unto thy fatherly goodness our¬ 
selves, our souls and bodies which 
thou hast delivered, to be a living 
sacrifice unto thee, always praising 
and magnifying thy mercies in the 
midst of thy Church; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For a Recovery from Sickness. 

O GOD, who art the giver of life, 
of health, and of safety; We 
bless thy Name, that thou hast been 
pleased to deliver from his bodily 
sickness this thy servant , who now 
desireth to return thanks unto thee, 


in the presence of all thy people. 
Gracious art thou, O Lord, and full 
of compassion to the children of men. 
May his heart be duly impressed 
with a sense of thy merciful goodness, 
and may he devote the residue of his 
days to an humble, holy, and obedi¬ 
ent walking before thee; throughJe 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For a Safe Return from Sea. 

M OST gracious Lord, whose 
mercy is over all thy works; 
We praise thy holy Name that thou 
hast been pleased to conduct in safe¬ 
ty, through the perils of the great 
deep, this thy servant , who now desir¬ 
eth to return his thanks unto thee, in 
thy holy Church. May he be duly 
sensible of thy merciful providence 
towards him, and ever express his 
thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, 
and obedience to thy laws ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THE 

COLLECTS, EPISTLES, and GOSPELS, 

To be used throughout the Year. 


THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHT Y God, give us grace 
that we may cast away the 
works of darkness, and put upon us 
the armour of light, now in the time 
of this mortal life, in which thy Son 
Jesus Christ came to visit us in great 
humility ; that in the last day, when 
he shall come again in his glorious 
Majesty to judge both the quick and 
dead,we may rise to the life immortal, 
through him who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, now 
and ever. Amen. 

V This Collect is to be repeated every day, 
with the other Collects in Advent, until 
Christmas-day. 


The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8. 

WE no man any thing, but to 
love one another: for he that 
loveth another hath fulfilled the Law. 
For this, Thou shalt not commit 
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou 
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear 
false witness, Thou shalt not covet; 
and if there be any other command¬ 
ment, it is briefly comprehended in 
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. Love work- 
eth no ill to his neighbour ; therefore 
love is the fulfilling of the Law. And 
that, knowing the time, that now it 
is high time to awake out of sleep ; 
for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. The night is far 











THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 


spent, the day is at hand; let us 
therefore cast off the works of dark¬ 
ness, and let us out on the armour 
of light. Let us walk honestly, as 
in the day; not in rioting and drun¬ 
kenness, not in chambering and 
wantonness, not in strife and envy¬ 
ing. But put ye on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and make not provision for 
the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xxi. 1. 

HEN they drew nigh unto 
Jerusalem, and were come to 
Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, 
then sent Jesus two disciples, saying 
unto them, Go into the village over 
against you, and straightway ye 
shall find an y ass tied, and a colt with 
her: loose them, and bring them 
unto me. And if any man say 
aught unto you, ye shall say, The 
Lord hath need of them; and straight¬ 
way he will send them. All this 
was done, that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophet, 
saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, 
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, 
meek, and sitting upon an ass, and 
a colt the foal of an ass. And the 
disciples went, and did as Jesus com¬ 
manded them; and brought the ass 
and the colt, and put on them their 
clothes, and they sat him thereon. 
And a very great multitude spread 
their garments in the way; others 
cut down branches from the trees, 
and strewed them in the way. And 
the multitudes that went before, and 
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna 
to the Son of David ! Blessed is he 
that cometh in the Name of the Lord! 
Hosanna in the highest! And when 
he was come into Jerusalem, all the 
city was moved, saying, Who is this? 
And the multitude said, This is Je¬ 
sus, the Prophet of Nazareth of Gali¬ 
lee. And Jesus went into the tem¬ 
ple of God, and cast out all them 
that sold and bought in the temple, 


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and overthrew the tables of the mo¬ 
ney-changers, and the seats of them 
that sold doves, and said unto them, 
It is written, My house shall be called 
the house of prayer; but ye have 
made it a den of thieves. 


THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

The Collect. 

LESSED Lord, who hast caus¬ 
ed all holy Scriptures to be writ¬ 
ten for our learning; Grant that we 
may in such wise hear them, read, 
mark, learn, and inwardly digest 
them, that by patience, and comfort 
of thy holy Word, we may embrace, 
and ever hold fast the blessed hope 
of everlasting life, which thou hast 
given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4. 
HATSOEVER things were 
written aforetime, were writ¬ 
ten for our learning; that we, 
through patience, and comfort of the 
Scriptures, might have hope. Now 
the God of patience and consolation 
grant you to be like-minded one 
towards another, according to Christ 
Jesus: that ye may with one mind 
and one mouth glorify God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Wherefore receive ye one another, 
as Christ also received us, to the 
glory of God. Now I say, that Jesus 
Christ was a minister of theCircum- 
cision, for the truth of God, to con¬ 
firm the promises made unto the 
fathers: and that the Gentiles might 
glorify God for his mercy ; as it is 
written, For this cause I will confess 
to thee among the Gentiles, and sing 
unto thy Name. And again he saith, 
Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye 
Gentiles; and laud him, all ye peo¬ 
ple. And again Esaias saith, There 
shall be a Root of Jesse, and He that 
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, 







36 


THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 


in Him shall the Gentiles trust. Now 
the God of hope fill you with all joy 
and peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the power 
of the Holy Ghost. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 25. 
ND there shall be signs in the 
sun, and in the moon, and in 
the stars; and upon the earth distress 
of nations, with perplexity; the sea 
and the waves roaring; men’s hearts 
failing them for fear, and for looking 
after those things which are coming 
on the earth: for the powers of hea¬ 
ven shall be shaken. And then shall 
they see the Son of Man coming in 
a cloud with power and great glory. 
And when these things begin to 
come to pass, then look up, and lift 
up your heads; for your redemption 
draweth nigh. And he spake to 
.them a parable, Behold the fig-tree, 
and all the trees; when they now 
shoot forth, ye see and know of your 
own selves that summer is now nigh 
at hand. So likewise ye, when ye 
see these things come to pass, know 
ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh 
at hand. Verily I say unto you, 
This generation shall not pass away, 
till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth 
shall pass away; but my word shall 
not pass away. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

The Collect. 

O LORD Jesus Christ, who at 
thy first coming didst send thy 
messenger to prepare thy way before 
thee; Grant that the ministers and 
stewards of thy mysteries may like¬ 
wise so prepare and make ready thy 
way, by turning the hearts of the dis¬ 
obedient to the wisdom of the just, 
that at thy second coming to judge 
the world we may be found an ac¬ 
ceptable people in thy sight, who 
livest and reignest with the Father 
and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle . 1 Cor. iv. 1. 

ET a man so account of us, as 
of the ministers of Christ, and 
stewards of the mysteries of God 
Moreover, it is required in stewards, 
that a man be found faithful. But 
with me it is a very small thing that 
I should be judged of you, or of man’s 
judgment: yea, I judge not mine 
own self. For I know nothing by 
myself, yet am I not hereby justified; 
but He that judgeth me is the Lord. 
Therefore judge nothing before the 
time, until the Lord come, who both 
will bring to light the hidden things 
of darkness, and will make manifest 
the counsels of the hearts; and then 
shall every man have praise of 
God. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 2. 

OW when John had heard in 
the prison the works of Christ, 
he sent two of his disciples, and said 
unto him, Art thou He that should 
come, or do we look for another? 
Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Go, and show John again those 
things which ye do hear and see: 
The blind receive their sight, and the 
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, 
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, and the poor have the Gospel 
preached to them: and blessed is he 
whosoever shall not be offended in 
me. And as they departed, Jesus 
began to say unto the multitudes 
concerning John, What went ye out 
into the wilderness to see ? A reed 
shaken with the wind ? But what 
went ye out for to see ? A man cloth¬ 
ed in soft raiment? Behold, they 
that wear soft clothing are in kings’ 
houses. But what went ye out for 
to see ? A prophet ? yea, I say unto 
you, and more than a prophet. For 
this is he of whom it is written, Be¬ 
hold, I send my messenger before 
thy face, which shall prepare thy 
way before thee. 








CHRISTMAS. 


37 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, raise up, we pray thee, 
thy power, and come among us, 
and with great might succour us; that 
whereas, through our sins and wick¬ 
edness, we are sore let and hindered in 
running the race that is set before us, 
thy bountiful grace and mercy may 
speedily help and deliver us; through 
the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, 
to whom, with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be honour and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4. 
EJOICE in the Lord alway; 
and again I say, Rejoice. Let 
your moderation be known unto all 
men. The Lord is at hand. Be 
careful for nothing; but in every 
thing, by prayer and supplication 
with thanksgiving, let your requests 
be made known unto God. And the 
peace of God, which passeth all un¬ 
derstanding, shall keep your hearts 
and minds through Christ Jesus. 
The Gospel. St. John i. 19. 
HIS is the record of John,when 
the Jews sent Priests and Le- 
vites from Jerusalem to ask him, 
Who art thou ? And he confessed, 
and denied not; but confessed, I am 
not the Christ. And they asked 
him, What then? Art thou Elias? 
And he saith, I am not. Art thou 
that Prophet? And he answered, 
No. Then said they unto him, Who 
art thou ? that we may give an an¬ 
swer to them that sent us. What 
sayest thou of thyself? He said, I 
am the voice of one crying in the 
wilderness, Make straight the way of 
the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 
And they which were sent were of 
the Pharisees. And they asked him, 
and said unto him, Why baptizest 
thou then, if thou be not that Christ, 
nor Elias, neither that Prophet? 
John answered them, saying, I bap¬ 


tize with water: but there standeth 
One among you,whom ye know not; 
He it is, who, coming after me, is 
preferred before me, whose shoe’s 
latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 
These things were done in Betha- 
bara beyond Jordan, where John 
was baptizing. 


THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR 
THE BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST, 
COMMONLY CALLED CHRISTMAS 
DAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who hast 
given us thy only begotten Son 
to take our nature upon him, and as 
at this time to be born of a pure vir¬ 
gin; grant that we being regenerate, 
and made thy children by adoption 
and grace, may daily be renewed by 
thy Holy Spirit; through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who iiveth 
and reigneth with thee and the same 
Spirit, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

The Epistle. Heb. i. 1. 

OD, who at sundry times and 
in divers manners spake in 
time past unto the fathers by the pro¬ 
phets, hath in these last days spoken 
unto us by his Son, whom he hath 
appointed heir of all things, by whom 
also he made the worlds; who (being 
the brightness of his glory, and the 
express image of his person, and up¬ 
holding all things by the word of his 
power,) when he had by himself pur¬ 
ged our sins, sat down on the right 
hand of the Majesty on high; being 
made so much better than the an¬ 
gels, as he hath by inheritance ob¬ 
tained a more excellent name than 
they. For unto which of the angels 
said he at any time, Thou art my 
Son, this day have I begotten thee? 
And again, I will be to him a Father, 
and he shall be to me a Son? And 
again, when he bringethin the First- 
begotten into the world, he saith. 








38 


THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. 


And let all the angels of God worship 
him. And of the angels he saith, 
Who maketli his angels spirits, and 
his ministers a flame of fire. But unto 
the Son he saith, Thy throne, O 
God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of 
righteousness is the sceptre of thy 
kingdom. Thou hast loved right¬ 
eousness, and hated iniquity; there¬ 
fore God, even thy God, hath anoint¬ 
ed thee with the oil of gladness above 
thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in 
the beginning hast laid the founda¬ 
tion of the earth ; and the heavens 
are the works of thine hands : they 
shall perish, but thou remainest; and 
they all shall wax old as doth a gar¬ 
ment ; and as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be 
changed; but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

The Gospel. St. John. i. 1. 

N the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, and 
the Word was God. The same was 
in the beginning with God. All 
things were made by him; and 
without him was not any thing 
made that was made. In him was 
life, and the life was the light of men. 
And the light shineth in darkness, 
and the darkness comprehended it 
not. There was a man sent from God, 
whose name was John. The same 
came for a witness, to bear witness 
of the Light, that all men through 
him might believe. He was not that 
Light,but was sent to bear witness of 
that Light. That was the true Light, 
which lighteth every man that com- 
eth into the world. He was in the 
world, and the world was made by 
him, and the world knew him not. 
He came unto his own, and his own 
received him not. But as many as 
received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his Name: 
which were born, not of blood, nor 
of the will of the flesh, nor of the 


will of man, but of God. And the 
Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us, (and we beheld his glory, 
the glory as of the Only begotten of 
the Father) full of grace and truth. 


THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS- 
DAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who hast 
given us thy only begotten Son 
to take our nature upon him, and as 
at this time to be born of a pure vir¬ 
gin ; Grant that we being regenerate, 
and made thy children by adoption 
and grace, may daily be renewed by 
thy Holy Spirit; through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the same 
Spirit, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

The Epistle. Gal. iv. 1. 

OW I say, that the heir, as long 
as he is a child, differeth no¬ 
thing from a servant, though he be 
lord of all; but is under tutors and 
governors, until the time appointed 
of the father. Even so we, when 
we were children, were in bondage 
under the elements of the world ; 
but when the fulness of the time was 
come,God sent forth hisSon,made of 
a woman,made under theLaw,to re¬ 
deem them that were under the Law 
that we might receive the adoption of 
sons. And because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Fa¬ 
ther. Wherefore thou art no more 
a servant, but a son ; and if a son, 
then an heir of God, through Christ. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. i. 18. 
HE birth of Jesus Christ was 
on this wise. When as his 
mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, 
before they came together, she was 
found with child of the Holy Ghost. 
Then Joseph her husband, being a 
just man, and not willing to make 







THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 39 


her a public example, was minded 
to put her away privily. But while 
he thought on these things, behold, 
the angel of the Lord appeared unto 
him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou 
son of David, fear not to take unto 
thee Mary thy wife ; for that which 
is conceived in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. And she shall bring forth a 
Son, and thou shalt call his name 
JESUS; for he shall save his people 
from their sins. (Now all this was 
done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the pro¬ 
phet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall 
be with child, and shall bring forth 
a son, and they shall call his name 
Emmanuel, which, being interpret¬ 
ed, is, God with us.) Then Joseph 
being raised from sleep did as the 
angel of the Lord had bidden him, 
and took unto him his wife; and 
knew her not till she had brought 
forth her first-born son: and he 
called his name JESUS. 


THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who madest 
thy blessed Son to be circum¬ 
cised, and obedient to the Law for 
man; Grant us the true Circumcision 
of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all 
our members,being mortified from all 
worldly and carnal lusts, we may 
in all things obey thy blessed will; 
through the same thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. iv 8. 
LESSED is the man to whom 
the Lord will not impute sin. 
Cometh this blessedness then upon 
the Circumcision only, or upon the 
Uncircumcision also ? For we say, 
that faith was reckoned to Abra¬ 
ham for righteousness. How was 
it then reckoned ? when he was in 
circumcision or in uncircumcision ? 
Not in circumcision, but in uncir¬ 


cumcision. And he received the 
sign of circumcision, a seal of the 
righteousness of the faith which he 
had yet being uncircumcised ; that 
he might be the father of all them 
that believe, though they be not cir¬ 
cumcised ; that righteousness might 
be imputed unto them also: and 
the father of circumcision to them 
who are not of the Circumcision only, 
but also walk in the steps of that 
faith of our father Abraham, which 
he had being yet uncircumcised. 
For the promise, that he should be 
the heir of the world, was not to 
Abraham, or to his seed, through 
the Law, but through the righteous¬ 
ness of faith. For if they which are of 
the Law be heirs, faith is made void, 
and the promise made of none effect. 

The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15. 
ND it came to pass, as the an¬ 
gels were gone away from them 
into heaven, the shepherds said one 
to another, Let us now go even unto 
Bethlehem, and see this thing which 
is come to pass, which the Lord hath 
made known unto us. And they 
came with haste, and found Mary 
and Joseph, and the babe lying in a 
manger. And when they had seen 
it, they made known abroad the say¬ 
ing which was told them concerning 
this child. And all they that heard 
it wondered at those things which 
were told them by the shepherds. 
But Mary kept all these things, and 
pondered them in her heart. And 
the shepherds returned, glorifying 
and praising God for all the things 
that they had heard and seen, as it 
was told unto them. And when 
eight days were accomplished for 
the circumcising of the child, his 
name was called JESUS, which was 
so named of the angel before he was 
conceived in the womb. 

IT The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel 
shall serve for every day after, unto the 
Epiphany. 








40 


THE EPIPHANY. 


THE EPIPHANY, OR THE MANI¬ 
FESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE 
GENTILES. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who by the leading of 
a star didst manifest thy only- 
begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mer¬ 
cifully grant that we, who know thee 
now by faith, may after this life have 
the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 1. 

OR this cause, I Paul, the pri¬ 
soner of Jesus Christ for you 
Gentiles; if ye have heard of the 
dispensation of the grace of God, 
which is given me to you-ward: 
How that by revelation he made 
known unto me the mystery (as I 
wrote afore in few words, whereby, 
when ye read, ye may understand 
my knowledge in the mystery of 
Christ) which in other ages was not 
made known unto the sons of men, 
as it is now revealed unto his holy 
Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit; 
that the Gentiles should be fellow- 
heirs, and of the same body, and 
partakers of his promise in Christ, 
by the Gospel: whereof I was made 
a minister, according to the gift of 
the grace of God given unto me by 
the effectual working of his power. 
Unto me, who am less than the least 
of all saints, is this grace given, that 
I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ; 
and to make all men see what is the 
fellowship of the mystery, which 
from the beginning of the world hath 
been hid in God, who created all 
things by Jesus Christ: to the intent 
that now unto the principalities and 
powers in heavenly places might be 
known by the Church the manifold 
wisdom of God, according to the 
eternal purpose which he purposed 
in Christ Jesus our Lord: in whom 


we have boldness and access with 
confidence by the faith of him. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 1. 
HEN Jesus was born in Beth¬ 
lehem of Judea, in the days 
of Herod the king, behold, there came 
wise men from theEasttoJerusalem, 
saying, Where is he that is born king 
of the Jews ? for we have seen his 
star in the East,and are come to wor¬ 
ship him. When Herod the king 
had heard these things, he was trou¬ 
bled, and all Jerusalem with him. 
And when he had gathered all the 
chief priests and scribes of the peo¬ 
ple together, he demanded of them 
where Christ should be born. And 
they said unto him, in Bethlehem of 
Judea: for thus it is written by the 
prophet, And thou Bethlehem in the 
land of Juda, art not the least among 
the princes of Juda; for out of thee 
shall come a Governor, that shall 
rule my people Israel. Then He¬ 
rod, when he had privily called the 
wise men, inquired of them diligent¬ 
ly what time the star appeared. And 
he sent them to Bethlehem, and 
said, Go, and search diligently for 
the young child; and when ye have 
found him, bring me word again, 
that I may come and worship hin 
also. When they had heard the 
king, they departed; and, lo, the 
star which they saw in the East went 
before them, till it came and stood 
over where the young child was. 
When they saw the star, they re¬ 
joiced with exceeding great joy. 
And when they were come into the 
house, they saw the young child with 
Mary his mother, and fell down and 
worshipped him : and when they 
had opened their treasures, they pre¬ 
sented unto him gifts; gold, and 
frankincense, and myrrh. And be¬ 
ing warned of God in a dream that 
they should not return to Herod, they 
departed into their own country ano¬ 
ther way. 







THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY, 41 


THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect. 

LORD, we beseech thee mer¬ 
cifully to receive the prayers of 
thy people who call upon thee; and 
grant that they may both perceive 
and know what things they ought 
to do, and also may have grace and 
power faithfully to fulfil the same; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. xii. 1. 
BESEECH you therefore, bre¬ 
thren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, 
which is your reasonable service. 
And be not conformed to this world; 
but be ye transformed by the renew¬ 
ing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that good, and acceptable, 
and perfect will of God. For I say, 
through the grace given unto me, to 
every man that is among you, not 
to think of himself more highly than 
he ought to think; but to think so¬ 
berly, according as God hath dealt 
to every man the measure of faith. 
For as we have many members in 
one body, and all members have not 
the same office ; so we, being many, 
are one body in Christ, and every 
one members one of another. 

The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41. 
OW his parents went to Jeru¬ 
salem every year at the feast 
of the Passover. And when he was 
twelve years old, they went up to Je¬ 
rusalem, after the custom of the feast. 
And when they had fulfilled the 
days, as they returned, the child Je¬ 
sus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and 
Joseph and his mother knew not of 
it. But they, supposing him to have 
been in the company, went a day’s 
journey, and they sought him amqng 
their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 
And when they found him not, they 

F 


turned back again to Jerusalem, 
seeking him. And it came to pass, 
that after three days they found him 
in the temple, sitting in the midst of 
the doctors, both hearing them, and 
asking them questions. And all that 
heard him were astonished at his 
understanding and answers. And 
when they saw him, they were 
amazed; and his mother said unto 
him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt 
with us ? behold, thy father and I 
have sought thee sorrowing. And 
he said unto them, How is it that ye 
sought me ? wist ye not that I must 
be about my Father’s business? And 
they understood not the saying which 
he spake unto them. And he went 
down with them, and came to Naza¬ 
reth, and was subject unto them; 
but his mother kept all these sayings 
in her heart. And Jesus increased 
in wisdom and stature, and in fa¬ 
vour with God and man. 


THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who dost govern all things 
in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear 
the supplications of thy people, and 
grant us thy peace all the days of 
our life; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. xii. 6. 
AYING then gifts differing ac¬ 
cording to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, let us 
prophesy according to the proportion 
of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on 
our ministering; or he that teach- 
eth, on teaching; or he that exhort- 
eth, on exhortation: he that giveth, 
let him do it with simplicity ; he that 
ruleth, with diligence; he that show- 
eth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let 
love be without dissimulation. Ab¬ 
hor that which is evil; cleave to that 








42 THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 


which is good. Be kindly affection- 
ed one to another with brotherly love; 
in honour preferring one another; 
not slothful in business ; fervent in 
spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing 
in hope; patient in tribulation ; con¬ 
tinuing instant in prayer; distrib¬ 
uting to the necessity of saints; given 
to hospitality. Bless them which 
persecute you ; bless, and curse not. 
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, 
and weep with them that weep. Be 
of the same mind one towards ano¬ 
ther. Mind not high things, but 
condescend to men of low estate. 

The Gospel. St. John ii. 1. 
ND the third day there was a 
marriage in Cana of Galilee, 
and the mother of Jesus was there. 
And both Jesus was called, and his 
disciples, to the marriage. And 
when they wanted wine, the mother 
of Jesus saith unto him, They have 
no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Wo¬ 
man, what have I to do with thee ? 
mine hour is not yet come. His 
mother saith unto the servants, 
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 
And there were set there six water- 
pots of stone, after the manner of the 
purifying of the Jews, containing two 
or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith 
unto them, Fill the water-pots with 
water. And they filled them up to 
the brim. And he saith unto them, 
Draw out now, and bear unto the 
governor of the feast. And they 
bare it. When the ruler of the feast 
had tasted the water that was made 
wine, and knew not whence it was, 
(but the servants which drew the 
water knew,) the governor of the 
feast called the bridegroom, and saith 
unto him, Every man at the begin¬ 
ning doth set forth good wine, and 
when men have well drunk, then 
that which is worse ; but thou hast 
kept the good wine until now. This 
beginning of miracles did Jesus in 
Cana of Galilee, and manifested 


forth his glory, and his disciples be¬ 
lieved on him. 


THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, mercifully look upon our 
infirmities, and in all our dangers 
and necessities stretch forth thy right 
hand to help and defend us;through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. xii. 16. 

E not wise in your own con¬ 
ceits. Recompense to no man 
evil for evil. Provide things honest 
in the sight of all men. If it be 
possible, as much as lieth in you, 
live peaceably with all men. Dear¬ 
ly beloved, avenge not yourselves, 
but rather give place unto wrath; 
for it is written, Vengeance is mine; 
I will repay, saith the Lord. There¬ 
fore, if thine enemy hunger, feed 
him ; if he thirst, give him drink: 
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals 
of fire on his head. Be not over¬ 
come of evil, but overcome evil with 
good. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 1. 
HEN he was come down from 
the mountain, great multi¬ 
tudes followed him. And behold, 
there came a leper and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou 
canst make me clean. And Jesus 
put forth his hand, and touched him, 
saying, I will; be thou clean. And 
immediately his leprosy was cleans¬ 
ed. And Jesus saith unto him, See 
thou tell no man; but go thy way, 
show thyself to the priest, and offer 
the gift that Moses commanded,for 
a testimony unto them. And when 
Jesus was entered into Capernaum, 
there came unto him a centurion, 
beseeching him, and saying, Lord, 
my servant lieth at home sick of the 
palsy, grievously tormented. And 












C05HMST gTIULlTM THE TESfilPEST. 


Math. Chap vm. Ver.26 










THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 43 


Jesus saith unto him, I will come 
and heal him. The centurion an¬ 
swered and said, Lord, I am not wor¬ 
thy that thou shouldest come under 
my roof; but speak the word only, 
and my servant shall he healed. 
For I am a man under authority, 
having soldiers under me: and I say 
unto this man, Go, and he goeth ; 
and to another, Come, and he com- 
eth ; and to my servant, Do this, 
and he doeth it. When Jesus heard 
it, he marvelled, and said to them 
that followed, Verily I say unto you, 
I have not found so great faith, no, 
not in Israel. And I say unto you, 
that many shall come from the east 
and west, and shall sit down with 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in 
the kingdom of heaven. But the 
children of the kingdom shall be cast 
out into outer darkness : there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
And Jesus said unto the centurion, 
Go thy way, and as thou hast be¬ 
lieved, so be it done unto thee. And 
his servant was healed in the self¬ 
same hour. 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who knowest us to be 
set in the midst of so many 
and great dangers, that by reason 
of the frailty of our nature we can¬ 
not always stand upright; Grant to 
us such strength and protection, as 
may support us in all dangers, and 
carry us through all temptations; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 1. 
ET every soul be subject unto 
the higher powers; for there 
is no power but of God : the pow¬ 
ers that be are ordained of God. 
Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
power, resisteth the ordinance of 


God; and they that resist shall re¬ 
ceive to themselves damnation. For 
rulers are not a terror to good works, 
but to the evil. Wilt thou then not 
be afraid of the power? do that 
which is good, and thou slialt have 
praise of the same; for he is the 
minister of God to thee for good. 
But if thou do that which is evil, be 
afraid ; for he beareth not the sword 
in vain : for he is the minister of 
God, a revenger to execute wrath 
upon him that doeth evil. Where¬ 
fore ye must needs be subject, not 
only for wrath, but also for con¬ 
science sake. For for this cause 
pay ye tribute also; for they are 
God’s ministers, attending contin¬ 
ually upon this very thing. Ren¬ 
der therefore to all their dues ; tri¬ 
bute to whom tribute is due, custom 
to whom custom, fear to whom fear, 
honour to whom honour. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 23. 

A ND when he was entered into 
a ship, his disciples followed 
him. And behold, there arose a 
great tempest in the sea, insomuch 
that the ship was covered with the 
waves ; but he was asleep. And 
his disciples came to him and awoke 
him, saying, Lord, save us, we per¬ 
ish. And he saith unto them, Why 
are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? 
Then he arose, and rebuked the 
winds and the sea, and there was a 
great calm. But the men marvel¬ 
led, saying, What manner of man is 
this, that even the winds and the 
sea obey him ! And when he was 
come to the other side, into the coun¬ 
try of the Gergesenes, there met him 
two possessed with devils, coming 
out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, 
so that no man might pass by that 
way. And behold, they cried out, 
saying, What have we to do with 
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? art 
thou come hither to torment us be¬ 
fore the time? And there was a 







44 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 


good way off from them an herd of 
many swine, feeding. So the devils 
besought him, saying, If thou cast 
us out, suffer us to go away into the 
herd of swine. And he said unto 
them, Go. And when they were 
come out, they went into the herd 
of swine: and behold, the whole 
herd of swine ran violently down a 
steep place into the sea, and perish¬ 
ed in the waters. And they that 
kept them fled, and went their ways 
into the city, and told every thing, 
and what was befallen to the pos¬ 
sessed of the devils. And behold, 
the whole city came out to meet Je¬ 
sus ; and when they saw him, they 
besought him that he would depart 
out of their coasts. 


THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, we beseech thee to 
keep thy Church and house¬ 
hold continually in thy true reli¬ 
gion; that they who do lean only 
upon the hope of thy heavenly 
grace may evermore be defended 
by thy mighty power; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Col. iii. 12. 

UT on therefore, as the elect 
of God, holy and beloved, bow¬ 
els of mercies, kindness, humbleness 
of mind, meekness, long-suffering ; 
forbearing one another, and forgiv¬ 
ing one another, if any man have a 
quarrel against any ; even as Christ 
forgave you, so also do ye. And 
above all these things put on cha¬ 
rity, which is the bond of perfect¬ 
ness. And let the peace of God rule 
in your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye 
thankful. Let the word of Christ 
dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; 
teaching and admonishing one ano¬ 
ther in psalms, and hymns, and 


spiritual songs ; singing with grace 
in your hearts to the Lord. And 
whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, 
do all in the Name of the Lord Je¬ 
sus, giving thanks to God and the 
Father, by him. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xiii. 24. 
HE Kingdom of Heaven is like¬ 
ned unto a man which sowed 
good seed in his field. But while 
men slept, his enemy came and sow¬ 
ed tares among the wheat, and went 
his way. But when the blade was 
sprung up, and brought forth fruit, 
then appeared the tares also. So the 
servants of the householder came 
and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou 
sow good seed in thy field? from 
whence then hath it tares ? He said 
unto them, An enemy hath done 
this. The servants said unto him, 
Wilt thou then that we go and gath¬ 
er them up ? But he said, Nay; lest 
while ye gather up the tares, ye root 
up also the wheat with them. Let 
both grow together until the harvest; 
and in the time of harvest I will say 
to the reapers, Gather ye together 
first the tares, and bind them in bun¬ 
dles to burn them: but gather the 
wheat into my barn. 

THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE 
EPIPHANY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, whose blessed Son was 
manifested that he might de¬ 
stroy the works of the devil, and 
make us the sons of God, and heirs 
of eternal life ; Grant us, we beseech 
thee, that,having this hope, we may 
purify ourselves, even as he is pure; 
that, when he shall appear again 
with power and great glory, we may 
be made like unto him in his eter¬ 
nal and glorious kingdom; where 
with thee, O Father, and thee, O 
Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, 
ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 








SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 


45 


The Epistle. 1 John iii. 1. 
EHOLD, what manner of love 
the Father hath bestowed upon 
us, that we should be called the sons 
of God: therefore the world know- 
eth us not, because it knew him not. 
Beloved, now are we the sons of 
God, and it doth not yet appear 
what we shall be: but we know, 
that, when He shall appear, we shall 
be like him ; for we shall see him 
as he is. And every man that hath 
this hope in him purifieth himself, 
even as he is pure. Whosoever 
committeth sin transgresseth also 
the Law: for sin is the transgression 
of the Law. And ye know that He 
was manifested to take away our 
sins ; and in him is no sin. Who¬ 
soever abideth in him sinneth not: 
whosoever sinneth hath not seen 
him, neither known him. Little 
children, let no man deceive you: 
he that doeth righteousness is right¬ 
eous, even as he is righteous. He 
that committeth sin is of the devil; 
for the devil ginneth from the begin¬ 
ning. For this purpose the Son of 
God was manifested, that he might 
destroy the works of the devil. 

The Gospel St. Matt. xxiv. 23. 
HEN if any man shall say un¬ 
to you, Lo, here is Christ, or 
there; believe it not. For there 
shall arise false Christs and false 
prophets, and shall show great signs 
and wonders ; insomuch that (if it 
were possible) they shall deceive the 
very elect. Behold, I have told you 
before. Wherefore, if they shall say 
unto you, Behold, he is in the de¬ 
sert ; go not forth : behold, he is in 
the secret chambers ; believe it not. 
For as the lightning cometh out of 
the east, and shineth even unto the 
west; so shall also the coming of the 
Son of man be. For wheresoever 
the carcase is, there will the eagles 
be gathered together. Immediately 
after the tribulation of those days 


shall the sun be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light, and 
the stars shall fall from heaven, and 
the powers of the heavens shall be 
shaken. And then shall appear the 
sign of the Son of Man in heaven ; 
and then shall all the tribes of the 
earth mourn, and they shall see the 
Son of Man coming in the clouds of 
heaven, with power and great glory. 
And he shall send his angels with a 
great sound of a trumpet, and they 
shall gather together his elect from 
the four winds, from one end of hea¬ 
ven to the other. 


THE SUNDAY CALLED SEPTUAGES- 
IMA, OR THE THIRD SUNDAY BE¬ 
FORE LENT. 

The Collect. 

LORD, we beseech thee fa¬ 
vourably to hear the prayers of 
thy people;that we, who are justly 
punished for our offences, may be 
mercifully delivered by thy goodness, 
for the glory of thy Name-.through 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Ho¬ 
ly Ghost, ever one God, world with¬ 
out end. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. ix. 24. 
NOW ye not, that they which 
run in a race run all, but one 
receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye 
may obtain. And every man that 
striveth for the mastery, is temperate 
in all things. Now they do it to ob¬ 
tain a corruptible crown, but we an 
incorruptible. I therefore so run, 
not as uncertainly; so fight I, not 
as one that beateth the air : but I 
keep under my body, and bring it 
into subjection; lest that by any 
means, when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast¬ 
away. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xx. 1. 
nn HE Kingdom of Heaven is like 
JL unto a man that is an house- 











46 


SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 


holder, which went out early in the 
morning to hire labourers into his 
vineyard. And when he had agreed 
with the labourers for a penny a day, 
he sent them into his vineyard. And 
he went out about the third hour, 
and saw others standing idle in the 
market-place, and said unto them, 
Go ye also into the vineyard, and 
whatsoever is right I will give you. 
And they went their way. Again 
he went out about the sixth and 
ninth hour, and did likewise. And 
about the eleventh hour he went out, 
and found others standing idle, and 
saith unto them, Why stand ye here 
all the day idle? They say unto 
him, Because no man hath hired us. 
He saith unto them, Go ye also into 
the vineyard, and whatsoever is 
right, that shall ye receive. So when 
even was come, the lord of the yine- 
3 ^ard saith unto his steward, Call the 
labourers, and give them their hire, 
beginning from the last unto the first. 
And when they came, that were 
hired about the eleventh hour, they 
received every man a penn}L But 
when the first came, they supposed 
that they should have received more; 
and they likewise received every man 
a penny. And when they had re¬ 
ceived it, they murmured against the 
good-man of the house, saying, 
These last have wrought but one 
hour, and thou hast made them 
equal unto us, which have borne the 
burden and heat of the day. But 
he answered one of them, and said, 
Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst 
not thou agree with me for a pen¬ 
ny ? Take that thine is, and go thy 
way; I will give unto this last even 
as unto thee. Is it not lawful for 
me to do what I will with mine 
own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am 
good ? So the last shall be first, and 
the first last: for many be called, 
but few chosen. 


THE SUNDAY CALLED SEXAGESI¬ 
MA, OR THE SECOND SUNDAY BE 
FORE LENT. 

The Collect . 

LORD God, who seest that 
we put not our trust in any 
thing that we do; Mercifully grant 
that by thy power we may be de¬ 
fended against all adversity; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19. 

E suffer fools gladly, seeing ye 
yourselves are wise. For ye 
suffer, if a man bring you into bon¬ 
dage, if a man devour you, if a man 
take of you, if a man exalt himself, 
if a man smite you on the face. I 
speak as concerning reproach, as 
though we had been weak. How- 
beit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I 
speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are 
they Hebrews ? so am I. Are they 
Israelites ? so am I. Are they the 
seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are 
they ministers of Christ? (I speak 
as a fool) I am more; in labours 
more abundant, in stripes above 
measure, in prisons more frequent, 
in deaths oft. Of the Je ws five times 
received I forty stripes save one ; 
thrice was I beaten with rods, once 
was I stoned, thrice I suffered ship¬ 
wreck, a night and a day I have 
been in the deep; in journeyings 
often, in perils of waters, in perils 
of robbers, in perils by mine own 
countrymen, in perils by the hea¬ 
then, in perils in the city, in perils 
in the wilderness, in perils in the 
sea, in perils among false brethren; 
in weariness and painfulness, in 
watchings often, in hunger and 
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and 
nakedness. Besides those things that 
are without,thatwhich cometh upon 
me daily,the care of all the churches. 
Who is weak, and I am not weak ? 
who is offended, and I burn not ? If 
I must needs glory, I will glory of 






GIU1NQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 


the things which concern mine infir¬ 
mities. The God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed 
for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 
The Gospel. St. Lukeviii. 4. 
HEN much people were 
gathered together, and were 
come to him out of every city, he 
spake by a parable. A sower went 
out to sow his seed: and as he sow¬ 
ed, some fell by the way-side ; and 
it was trodden down, and the fowls 
of the air devoured it. And some 
fell upon a rock; and as soon as it 
was sprung up, it withered away, 
because it lacked moisture. And 
some fell among thorns; and the 
thorns sprang up with it, and chok¬ 
ed it. And other fell on good ground, 
and sprang up, and bare fruit an 
hundred-fold. And when he had 
said these things, he cried, He that 
hath ears to hear, let him hear. 
And his disciples asked him, saying, 
What might this parable be ? And 
he said, Unto you it is given to know 
the mysteries of the Kingdom of 
God: but to others in parables ; that 
seeing they might not see, and hear¬ 
ing they might not understand. 
Now the parable is this: The seed 
is the Word of God. Those by the 
way-side are they that hear ; then 
cometh the devil, and taketh away 
the word out of their hearts, lest 
they should believe and be saved. 
They on the rock are they, which, 
when they hear, receive the word 
with joy; and these have no root, 
which for a while believe, and in 
time of temptation fall away. And 
that which fell among thorns are 
they, which, when they have heard, 
go forth, and are choked with cares 
and riches and pleasures of this life, 
and bring no fruit to perfection. But 
that on the good ground are they, 
which in an honest and good heart, 
having heard the word, keep it, and 
bring forth fruit with patience. 


47 

THE SUNDAY CALLED Q.UINQ.UA 
GESIMA, OR THE NEXT SUNDAY 
BEFORE LENT. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, who hast taught us 
that all our doings without 
charity are nothing worth; Send thy 
Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts 
that most excellent gift of charity, 
the very bond of peace and of all 
virtues, without which whosoever 
liveth is counted dead before thee. 
Grant this for thine only Son Jesus 
Christ’s sake. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 
HOUGH I speak with the 
tongues of men and of angels, 
and have not charity, I am become 
as sounding brass,or a tinkling cym¬ 
bal. And though I have the gift of 
prophecy, and understand all mys¬ 
teries, and all knowledge; and 
though I have all faith, so that I 
could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. And 
though I bestow all my goods to 
feed the poor, and though I give 
my body to be burned, and have 
not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity envieth not; charity vaunt- 
eth not itself, is not puffed up, 
doth not behave itself unseemly; 
seeketh not her own, is not easily 
provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoic- 
eth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in 
the truth ; beareth all things, believ- 
eth all things, hopeth all things, en- 
dureth all things. Charity nevei 
faileth: but whether there be pro¬ 
phecies, they shall fail; whethei 
there be tongues, they shall cease; 
whether there be knowledge, it shall 
vanish away. For we know in part, 
and we prophesy in part; but when 
that which is perfect i^ come, then 
that which is in part shall be done 
away. When I was a child, 1 
spake as a child, I understood as 
a child, I thought as a child; but 







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when I became a man, I put away 
childish things. For now we see 
through a glass, darkly; but then 
face to face: now I know in part; 
but then shall I know even as also I 
am known. And now abideth faith, 
hope, charity, these three; but the 
greatest of these is charity. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 31. 
HEN Jesus took unto him the 
twelve, and said unto them, 
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and 
all things that are written by the 
prophets concerning the Son of Man 
shall be accomplished. For he shall 
be delivered unto the Gentiles, and 
shall be mocked, and spitefully en¬ 
treated, and spitted on: and they 
shall scourge him, and put him to 
death; and the third day he shall 
rise again. And they understood 
none of these things; and this say¬ 
ing was hid from them, neither 
knew they the things which were 
spoken. And it came to pass, that 
as he was come nigh unto Jericho, 
a certain blind man sat by the way- 
side begging; and hearing the mul¬ 
titude pass by, he asked what it 
meant. And they told him, that 
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And 
he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of 
David, have mercy on me. And 
they which went before, rebuked 
him, that he should hold his peace; 
but he cried so much the more, 
Thou Son of David, have mercy 
on me. And Jesus stood, and com¬ 
manded him to be brought unto 
him; and when he was come near, 
he asked him, saying, What wilt 
thou that I should do unto thee? 
And he said, Lord, that I may re¬ 
ceive my sight. And Jesus said unto 
him, Receive thy sight: thy faith 
hath saved thee. And immediately 
he received his sight, and followed 
him,glorifying God; and all the peo¬ 
ple, when they saw it, gave praise 
unto God. 


THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, COMMONLY 
CALLED ASH-WEDNESDAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who hatest nothing that 
thou hast made, and dost forgive the 
sins of all those who are penitent; 
Greate and make in us new and con¬ 
trite hearts, that we worthily lament¬ 
ing our sins, and acknowledging our 
wretchedness, may obtain of thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remis¬ 
sion and forgiveness; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IF This Collect is to be read every day in Lent, 
after the Collect appointed for the day. 

T At Morning Prayer, the Litany being end¬ 
ed, shall be said the following Prayers, 
immediately before the General Thanks¬ 
giving. 

O LORD, we beseech thee, mer¬ 
cifully hear our prayers, and 
spare all those who confess their sins 
unto thee; that they, whose con¬ 
sciences by sin are accused, by thy 
merciful pardon may be absolved; 
through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
MOST mighty God, and mer¬ 
ciful Father, who hast compas¬ 
sion upon all men, and hatest no¬ 
thing that thou hast made; who 
wouldest not the death of a sinner, 
but rather that he should turn from 
his sin, and be saved; Mercifully 
forgive us our trespasses; receive 
and comfort us, who are grieved and 
wearied with the burden of our sins. 
Thy property is always to have 
mercy; to thee only it appertained 
to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, 
good Lord, spare thy people, whom 
thou hast redeemed; enter not into 
judgment with thy servants, who 
are vile earth, and miserable sinners; 
but so turn thine anger from us, who 
meekly acknowledge our vileness, 
and truly repent us of our faults, 
and so make haste to help us in this 
world, that we may ever live with 






THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 


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thee in the world to come; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

IT Then shall the People say this that fol- 
loweth, after the Minister. 

T URN thou us, O good Lord, 
and so shall we be turned. Be 
favourable, O Lord, Be favourable 
to thy people, Who turn to thee in 
weeping, fasting, and praying. For 
thou art a merciful God, F ull of com¬ 
passion, Long-suffering, and ofgreat 
pity. Thou sparest when we de¬ 
serve punishment, And in thy wrath 
thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy 
people, good Lord, spare them, And 
let not thine heritage be brought to 
confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for 
thy mercy is great, And after the 
multitude of thy mercies look upon 
us ; Through the merits and media¬ 
tion of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Joel ii. 12. 

T URN ye even to me, saith the 
Lord, with all your heart, and 
with fasting, and with weeping, and 
with mourning. And rend your 
heart, and not your garments, and 
turn unto the Lord your God ; for 
he is gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger, and of great kindness, and 
repenteth him of the evil. Who 
knoweth if he will return and re¬ 
pent, and leave a blessing behind 
him; even a meat-offering and a 
drink-offering unto the Lord your 
God ? Blow the trumpet in Zion, 
sanctify a fast, call a solemn assem¬ 
bly ; gather the people, sanctify the 
congregation, assemble the elders, 
gather the children, and those that 
suck the breasts; let the bridegroom 
go forth of his chamber, and the 
bride out of hercloset. Letthe priests, 
the ministers of the Lord, weep be¬ 
tween the porch and the altar, and 
let them say, Spare thy people, O 
Lord, and give not thine heritage to 
reproach, that the heathen should 
rule over them: wherefore should 


they say among the people, Where 
is their God ? 

The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16. 

W HEN ye fast, be not as the 
hypocrites, of a sad counte¬ 
nance ; for they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto men to 
fast. Yerily I say unto you, they 
have their reward. But thou, when 
thou fastest, anoint thine head, and 
wash thy face; that thou appear not 
unto men to fast, but unto thy Fa¬ 
ther which is in secret: and thy 
Father, which seeth in secret, shall 
reward thee openly. Lay not up 
for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves break through 
and steal: but lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither 
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves do not break through 
nor steal; for where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be also. 


THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, who for our sake didst 
fast forty days and forty nights; 
Give us grace to use such abstinence, 
that, our flesh being subdued to the 
Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly 
motions in righteousness, and true 
holiness, to thy honour and glory, 
who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 
The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1. 

E then, as workers together 
with him, beseech you also 
that ye receive not the grace of God 
in vain. (For he saith, I have neard 
thee in a time accepted, and in the 
day of salvation have I succoured 
thee: behold, now is the accepted 
time; behold, now is the day of sal¬ 
vation.) Giving no offence in any 
thing, that the ministry be not 
blamed; but in all things approving 





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THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 


ourselves as the ministers of God, in 
much patience, in afflictions, in ne¬ 
cessities, in distresses, in stripes, in 
imprisonments, in tumults, in la¬ 
bours, in watchings, in fastings ; by 
pureness, by knowledge, by long- 
suffering, by kindness, by the Holy 
Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the 
word of truth, by the power of God, 
by the armour of righteousness on 
the right hand and on the left, by 
honour and dishonour, by evil re¬ 
port and good report; as deceivers, 
and yet true; as unknown, and yet 
well known; as dying, and behold, 
we live; as chastened, and not 
killed; as sorrowful, yet alway re¬ 
joicing ; as poor, yet making many 
rich; as having nothing, and yet 
possessing all things. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. 
HEN was Jesus led up of the 
Spirit into the wilderness, to be 
tempted of the devil. And when he 
had fasted forty days and forty 
eights, he was afterward an hun¬ 
gered. And when the tempter came 
to him, he said, If thou be the Son 
of God, command that these stones 
be made bread. But he answered 
and said, It is written, Man shall 
not live by bread alone, but by 
every word that proceedeth out of 
the mouth of God. Then the devil 
taketh him up into the holy city, 
and setteth him on a pinnacle of 
the temple, and saith unto him, If 
thou be the Son of God, cast thy¬ 
self down ; for it is written, He shall 
give his angels charge concerning 
thee; and in their hands they shall 
bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus 
said unto him, It is written again, 
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 
God. Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an exceeding high moun¬ 
tain, and showeth him all the king¬ 
doms of the world, and the glory of 
them; and saith unto him, All these 


things will I give thee, if thou wilt 
fall down and worship me. Then 
saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, 
Satan! for it is written, Thou shalt 
worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. Then the 
devil leaveth him, and behold, angels 
came and ministered unto him. 


THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who seest 
that we have no power of our¬ 
selves to help ourselves ; Keep us 
both outwardly in our bodies, and 
inwardly in our souls ; that we may 
be defended from all adversities which 
may happen to the body, and from 
all evil thoughts which may assault 
and hurt the soul; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. 

E beseech you, brethren, and 
exhort you by the Lord Jesus, 
that as ye have received of us how 
ye ought to walk and to please God, 
so ye would abound more and more. 
For ye know what commandments 
we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 
For this is the will of God, even your 
sanctification, that ye should abstain 
from fornication ; that every one of 
you should know how to possess his 
vessel in sanctification and honour; 
not in the lust of concupiscence, 
even as the Gentiles which know 
not God : that no man go beyond 
and defraud his brother in any mat¬ 
ter ; because that the Lord is the 
avenger of all such, as we also have 
forewarned you and testified. For 
God hath not called us unto un¬ 
cleanness, but unto holiness. He 
therefore that despisetli, despiseth 
not man, but God, who hath also 
given unto us his Holy Spirit. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. 
ESUS went thence, and depart¬ 
ed into the coasts of Tyre and 







51 


THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 


Sidon. And behold, a woman of 
Canaan came out of the same coasts, 
and cried unto him, saying, Have 
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of 
David; my daughter is grievously 
vexed with a devil. But he an¬ 
swered her not a word. And his 
disciples came and besought him, 
saying, Send her away ; for she cri- 
eth after us. But he answered and 
said, I am not sent but unto the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel. Then 
came she and worshipped him, say¬ 
ing, Lord, help me! But he an¬ 
swered and said, It is not meet to 
take the children’s bread, and to cast 
it to dogs. And she said, Truth, 
Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs 
which fall from their master’s table. 
Then Jesus answered and said unto 
her, O woman, great is thy faith: 
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. 
And her daughter was made whole 
from that very hour. 


THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 

The Collect. 

E beseech thee, Almighty 
God, look upon the hearty 
desires of thy humble servants, and 
stretch forth the right hand of thy 
Majesty, to be our defence against 
all our enemies; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. v. 1. 

E ye therefore followers of God, 
as dear children ; and walk in 
love, as Christ also hath loved us, 
and hath given himself for us, an 
offering and a sacrifice to God for a 
sweet-smelling savour. But forni¬ 
cation and all uncleanness, or covet¬ 
ousness, let it not be once named 
amongst you, as becometh saints ; 
neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, 
nor jesting, which are not conven¬ 
ient; but rather giving of thanks. 
For this ye know, that no whore¬ 
monger, nor unclean person, nor 


covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the king¬ 
dom of Christ and of God. Let no 
man deceive you with vain words; 
for because of these things cometh 
the wrath of God upon the children 
of disobedience. Be not ye there¬ 
fore partakers with them. For ye 
were sometimes darkness, but now 
are ye light in the Lord: walk as 
children of fight; (For the fruit of 
the Spirit is in all goodness, and 
righteousness, and truth;) proving 
what is acceptable unto the Lord. 
And have no fellowship with the un¬ 
fruitful works of darkness, but rather 
reprove them. For it is a shame 
even to speak of those things which 
are done of them in secret. But all 
things that are reproved are made 
manifest by the fight; for whatso¬ 
ever doth make manifest is fight. 
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou 
that sleepest, and arise from the 
dead, and Christ shall give thee fight. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14. 
ESUS was casting out a devil, 
and it was dumb. And it came 
to pass, when the devil was gone 
out, the dumb spake ; and the peo¬ 
ple wondered. But some of them 
said, He casteth out devils through 
Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. 
And others, tempting him, sought 
of him a sign from heaven. But he, 
knowing their thoughts, said un¬ 
to them, Every kingdom divided 
against itself, is brought to desola¬ 
tion ; and a house divided against a 
house falleth. If Satan also be di¬ 
vided against himself, how shall his 
kingdom stand ? because ye say that 
I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 
And if I by Beelzebub cast out dev¬ 
ils, by whom do your sons cast them 
out? therefore shall they be your 
judges. But if I with the finger of 
God cast out devils, no doubt the 
kingdom of God is come upon you 
When a strong man armed keepeth 






52 


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his palace, his goods are in peace; 
but when a stronger than he shall 
come upon him, and overcome him, 
he taketh from him all his armour 
wherein he trusted, and divideth his 
spoils. He that is not with me is 
against me ; and he that gathereth 
not with me scattereth. When the 
unclean spirit is gone out of a man, 
he walketh through dry places, seek¬ 
ing rest; and finding none, he saith, 
I will return unto my house whence 
I came out. And when he cometh, 
he findeth it swept and garnished. 
Then goeth he, and taketh to him 
seven other spirits more wicked than 
himself; and they enter in, and 
dwell there: and the last state of 
that man is worse than the first. 
And it came to pass, as he spake 
these things, a certain woman of the 
company lift up her voice, and said 
unto him, Blessed is the womb that 
bare thee, and the paps which thou 
hast sucked. But he said, Yea 
rather,blessed are they that hear the 
Word of God, and keep it. 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

The Collect. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Al¬ 
mighty God, that we, who for 
our evil deeds do worthily deserve to 
be punished, by the comfort of thy 
grace may mercifully be relieved; 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. 
ELL me, ye that desire to be 
under the Law, do ye not hear 
the Law? For it is written, that 
Abraham had two sons, the one by 
a bond-maid, the other by a free- 
woman. But he who was of the 
bond-woman was bom after the 
flesh ; but he of the free-woman was 
by promise. Which things are an 
allegory: for these are the two cov¬ 
enants ; the one from Mount Sinai, 


which gendereth to bondage, which 
is Agar. For this Agar is Mount 
Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to 
Jerusalem which now is, and is in 
bondage with her children. But Je¬ 
rusalem which is above is free; 
which is the mother of us all. For 
it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that 
bearest not; break forth and cry, 
thou that travailest not: for the de¬ 
solate hath many more children than 
she which hath an husband. Now 
we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the 
children of promise. But as then 
he that was born after the flesh per¬ 
secuted him that was born after the 
Spirit, even so it is now. Never¬ 
theless, what saith the Scripture? 
Cast out the bond-woman and her 
son ; for the son of the bond-woman 
shall not be heir with the son of the 
free-woman. So then, brethren, we 
are not children of the bond-woman, 
but of the free. 

The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. 
ESUS went over the Sea of Gali¬ 
lee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 
And a great multitude followed him, 
because they saw his miracles which 
he did on them that were diseased. 
And Jesus went up into a mountain, 
and there he sat with his disciples. 
And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, 
was nigh. When Jesus then lift up 
his eyes, and saw a great company 
come unto him, he saith unto Phi¬ 
lip, Whence shall we buy bread, 
that these may eat ? (And this he 
said to prove him; for he himself 
knew what he would do.) Philip 
answered him, Two hundred pen¬ 
ny worth of bread • is not sufficient 
for them, that every one of them 
may take a little. One of his disci¬ 
ples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, 
saith unto him, There is a lad here 
which hath five barley loaves, and 
two small fishes : but what are they 
among so many ? And Jesus said, 
Make the men sit down. Now there 






53 


THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 


was much grass in the place. So 
the men sat down, in number about 
five thousand. And Jesus took the 
loaves; and when he had given 
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, 
and the disciples to them that were 
set down; and likewise of the fishes 
as much as they would. When 
they were filled, he said unto his 
disciples, Gather up the fragments 
that remain, that nothing be lost. 
Therefore they gathered them to¬ 
gether, and filled twelve baskets with 
the fragments of the five barley 
loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. 
Then those men, when they had 
seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, 
This is of a truth that Prophet that 
should come into the world. 


THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

The Collect. 

E beseech thee, Almighty 
God, mercifully to look upon 
thy people; that by thy great good¬ 
ness they may be governed and 
preserved evermore, both in body 
and soul; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. 
HRIST being come an High 
Priest of good things to come, 
by a greater and more perfect taber¬ 
nacle, not made with hands; that is 
to say, not of this building; neither 
by the blood of goats and calves; but 
by his own blood he entered in once 
into the Holy PI ace, having obtained 
eternal redemption for us. For if the 
blood of bulls and of goats, and the 
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the 
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying 
of the flesh; how much more shall 
the blood of Christ, who, through the 
eternal Spirit, offered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience 
from dead works to serve the living 
God 7 A ud for this cause he is the Me¬ 


diator of the new testament, that by 
means of death, for the redemption 
of the transgressions that were under 
the first testament, they which are 
called might receive the promise of 
eternal inheritance. 

The Gosjiel. St. John viii. 46. 
ESUS said, Which of you con- 
vinceth me of sin ? And if I say 
the truth, why do ye not believe me ? 
He that is of God heareth God’s 
words: ye therefore hear them not, 
because ye are not of God. Then 
answered the Jews, and said unto 
him, Say we not well that thou art 
a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; 
but I honour my Father, and ye do 
dishonour me. And I seek not mine 
own glory: there is One that seeketh 
and judgeth. Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, If a man keep my saying, 
he shall never see death. Then said 
the Jews unto him, Now we know 
that thou hast a devil. Abraham is 
dead, and the prophets; and thou 
sayest, If a man keep my saying, he 
shall never taste of death. Art thou 
greater than our father Abraham, 
which is dead ? and the prophets are 
dead: whom makest thou thyself ? 
Jesus answered, If I honour my¬ 
self, my honour is nothing: it is my 
Father that honoureth me; of whom 
ye say, that he is your God. Yet ye 
have not known him; but I know 
him : and if I should say, I know 
him not, I shall be a liar like unto 
you; but I know him, and keep his 
saying. Your father Abraham re¬ 
joiced to see my day; and he saw 
it, and was glad. Then said the 
Jews unto him, Thou art not yet 
fifty years old, and hast thou seen 
Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, 
Yerily, verily, I say unto you, before 
Abraham was, I AM. Then took 
they up stones to cast at him; but 
Jesus hid himself, and went out of 
the temple. 






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THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who, of thy tender love 
towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, 
our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take 
upon him our flesh, and to suffer 
death upon the cross, that all man¬ 
kind should follow the example of 
his great humility; Mercifully grant 
that we may both folloAV the exam¬ 
ple of his patience, and also be 
made partakers of his resurrection; 
through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Phil. ii. 5. 

ET this mind be in you, which 
was also in Christ Jesus: who, 
being in the form of God, thought 
it not robbery to be equal with God; 
but made himself of no reputation, 
and took upon him the form of a 
servant, and was made in the like¬ 
ness of men: and being found in 
fashion as a man, he humbled him¬ 
self, and became obedient unto death, 
even the death of the cross. Where¬ 
fore God also hath highly exalted 
him, and given him a Name which 
is above every name; that at the 
Name of Jesus every knee should 
bow, of things in heaven, and things 
in earth, and things under the earth; 
and that every tongue should con¬ 
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the 
glory of God the Father. 

The Gospel. St. Matt, xxvii. 1. 
HEN the morning was come, 
all the chief priests and elders 
of the people took counsel against 
Jesus to put him to death. And 
when they had bound him, they led 
him away, and delivered him to 
Pontius Pilate the governor. Then 
Judas, who had betrayed him, when 
he saw that he was condemned, re¬ 
pented himself, and brought again 
the thirty pieces of silver to the chief 


priests and elders, saying, I have 
sinned, in that I have betrayed the 
innocent blood. And they said, 
What is that to us? see thou to that. 
And he cast down the pieces of silver 
in the temple, and departed, and 
went and hanged himself. And the 
chief priests took the silver pieces, 
and said, It is not lawful for to put 
them into the treasury, because it is 
the price of blood. And they took 
counsel, and bought with them the 
potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 
Wherefore that field was called, The 
field of blood, unto this day. Then 
was fulfilled that which was spoken 
by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And 
they took the thirty pieces of silver, 
the price of Him that was valued, 
whom they of the children of Israel 
did value; and gave them for the 
potter’s field, as the Lord appointed 
me. And Jesus stood before the 
governor; and the governor asked 
him, saying, Art thou the king of 
the Jews? And Jesus said unto 
him, Thou sayest. And when he 
was accused of the chief priests and 
elders, he answered nothing. Then 
saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou 
not how many things they witness 
against thee ? And he answered him 
to never a word; insomuch that the 
governor marvelled greatly. Now at 
that feast the governor was wont to re¬ 
lease unto the people a prisoner, whom 
they would. And they had then 
a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 
Therefore when they were gathered 
together, Pilate said unto them, 
Whom will ye that I release unto 
you ? Barabbas, or Jesus which is 
called Christ? For he knew that for 
envy they had delivered him. When 
he was set down on the judgment- 
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, 
Have thou nothing to do with that 
just man; for I have suffered many 
things this day in a dream because 
of him. But the chief priests and 







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THE SUNDAY NEXT 

elders persuaded the multitude that 
they should ask Barabbas, and de¬ 
stroy Jesus. The governor answer¬ 
ed and said unto them, Whether of 
the twain will ye that I release unto 
you ? They said, Barabbas. Pilate 
saith unto them, what shall I do 
then with Jesus, which is called 
Christ ? They all say unto him, 
Let him be crucified! And the 
governor said, Why, what evil hath 
he done? But they cried out the 
more, saying, Let him be crucified! 
When Pilate saw that he could pre¬ 
vail nothing, but that rather a tu¬ 
mult was made, he took water, and 
washed his hands before the multi¬ 
tude, saying, I am innocent of the 
blood of this just person : see ye to 
it. Then answered all the people, 
and said, His blood be on us, and on 
our children! Then released he Ba¬ 
rabbas unto them; and when he 
had scourged Jesus, he delivered him 
to be crucified. Then the soldiers 
of the governor took Jesus into the 
common hall, and gathered unto 
him the whole band of soldiers. And 
they stripped him, and put on him 
a scarlet robe. And when they had 
platted a crown of thorns, they put 
it upon his head, and a reed in his 
right hand; and they bowed the 
knee before him, and mocked him, 
saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 
And they spit upon him, and took 
the reed, and smote him on the head. 
And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe off from him, 
and put his own raiment on him, 
and led him away to crucify him. 
And as they came out, they found a 
man of Cyrene, Simon by name: 
him they compelled to bear his cross. 
And when they were come unto a 
place called Golgotha, that is to say, 
a place of a skull, they gave him 
vinegar to drink mingled with gall: 
and when he had tasted thereof, 
he would not drink. And they cru- 


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cified him, and parted his garments, 
casting lots: that it might be ful¬ 
filled which was spoken by the pro¬ 
phet, They parted my garments 
among them, and upon my vesture 
did they cast lots. And sitting down 
they watched him there; and set up 
over his head his accusation writ¬ 
ten, THIS IS JESUS THE KING 
OF THE JEWS. Then were there 
two thieves crucified with him, one 
on the right hand, and another on 
the left. And they that passed by 
reviled him, wagging their heads, 
and saying, Thou that destroyest 
the temple, and buildest it in three 
days, save thyself. If thou be the 
Son of God, come down from the 
cross. Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking him, with the scribes and 
elders, said, He saved others; him¬ 
self he cannot save. If he be the 
King of Israel, let him now come 
down from the cross, and we will be¬ 
lieve him. He trusted in God; let him 
deliver him now, if he will have him: 
for he said, I am the Son of God. 
The thieves also,which were crucified 
with him, cast the same in his teeth. 
Now from the sixth hour there was 
darkness over all the land unto 
the ninth hour. And about the 
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Eli J Eli! lama sa- 
bachthani? that is to say, My God! 
my God! why hast thou forsaken 
me ? Some of them that stood there, 
when they heard that, said, This man 
calleth for Elias. And straightway 
one of them ran, and took a sponge, 
and filled it with vinegar, and put it 
on a reed, and gave him to drink. 
The rest said, Let be, let us see 
whether Elias will come to save 
him. Jesus, when he had cried 
again with a loud voice, yielded up 
the ghost. And behold, the vail of 
the temple was rent in twain from 
the top to the bottom; and the earth 
did quake, and the rocks rent; and 



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the graves were opened; and many 
bodies of saints which slept arose, 
and came out of the graves after his 
resurrection, and went into the holy 
cityr, and appeared unto many. Now 
when the centurion, and they that 
were with him, watching Jesus, saw 
the earthquake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, say¬ 
ing, Truly this was the Son of God. 


MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

For the Epistle. Isaiah lxiii. 1. 
HO is this that cometh from 
Edom, with dyed garments 
from Bozrah ? this that is glorious 
in his apparel, travelling in the great¬ 
ness of his strength ? I that speak 
in righteousness, mighty to save. 
Wherefore art thou red in thine ap¬ 
parel, and thy garments like him 
that treadeth in the wine-fat ? I have 
trodden the wine-press alone; and of 
the people there was none with me : 
for I will tread them in mine anger, 
and trample them in my fury; and 
their blood shall be sprinkled upon 
my garments, and I will stain all 
my raiment. For the day of ven¬ 
geance is in mine heart, and the 
year of my redeemed is come. And 
I looked, and there was none to help; 
and I wondered that there was none 
to uphold : therefore mine own arm 
brought salvation unto me; and my 
fury,it upheld me. And I will tread 
down the people in mine anger, and 
make them drunk in my fury, and 
I will bring down their strength to 
the earth. I will mention the loving- 
kindnesses of the Lord, and the 
praises of the Lord, according to all 
that the Lord hath bestowed on us, 
and the great goodness towards the 
house of Israel, which he hath be¬ 
stowed on them according to his 
mercies, and according to the multi¬ 
tude of his loving-kindnesses. For 


I he said, Surely they are my people, 
children that will not lie: so he was 
their Saviour. In all their affliction 
he was afflicted, and the Angel of his 
presence saved them: in his love 
and in his pity he redeemed them; 
and he bare them, and carried them 
all the days of old. But they re¬ 
belled, and vexed his Holy Spirit; 
therefore he was turned to be their 
enemy, and he fought against them. 
Then he remembered the days of 
old, Moses, and his people, saying, 
Where is he that brought them up 
out of the sea, with the shepherd of 
his flock ? Where is he that put his 
Holy Spirit within him? that led 
them by the right hand of Moses 
with his glorious arm, dividing the 
water before them, to make himself 
an everlasting Name? That led them 
through the deep, as an horse in the 
wilderness, that they should not stum¬ 
ble? As a beast goeth down into the 
valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused 
him to rest; so didst thou lead thy 
people, to make thyself a glorious 
Name. Look down from heaven, 
and behold from the habitation of 
thy holiness and of thy glory: 
where is thy zeal and thy strength, 
the sounding of thy bowels and of 
thy mercies towards me ? are they 
restrained ? Doubtless thou art our 
Father, though Abraham be igno¬ 
rant of us, and Israel acknowledge 
us not: thou, O Lord, art our Fa¬ 
ther, our Redeemer; thy Name is 
from everlasting. O Lord, why hast 
thou made us to err from thy ways, 
and hardened our heart from thy 
fear ? Return for thy servants’ sake, 
the tribes of thine inheritance. The 
people of thy holiness have possessed 
it but a little while: our adversaries 
have trodden down thy sanctuary. 
We are thine: thou never barest 
rule over them; they were not call¬ 
ed by thy Name. 





MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 


The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. 1. 
FTER two days was the feast 
of the Passover, and of unlea¬ 
vened bread: and the chief priests 
and the scribes sought how they 
might take him by craft, and put 
him to death. But they said, Not 
on the feast day, lest there be an 
uproar of the people. And being in 
Bethany, in the house of Simon the 
leper, as he sat at meat, there came 
a woman having an alabaster box 
of ointment of spikenard, very pre¬ 
cious ; and she brake the box, and 
poured it on his head. And there 
were some that had indignation 
within themselves, and said, Why 
was this waste of the ointment made? 
for it might have been sold for more 
than three hundred pence, and have 
been given to the poor. And they 
murmured against her. And Jesus 
said, Let her alone; why trouble ye 
her ? She hath wrought a good work 
on me. For ye have the poor with 
you always, and whensoever ye will 
ye may do them good; but me ye 
have not always. She hath done 
what she could; she is come afore- 
hand to anoint my body to the bury¬ 
ing. Verily I say unto you, Where¬ 
soever this Gospel shall be preached 
throughout the whole world, this also 
that she hath done shall be spoken 
of, for a memorial of her. And Ju¬ 
das Iscariot, one of the twelve, went 
unto the chief priests, to betray him 
unto them. And when they heard 
it, they were glad, and promised to 
give him money. And he sought 
how he might conveniently betray 
him. And the first day of unlea¬ 
vened bread, when they killed the 
passover, his disciples said unto 
him, Where wilt thou that we go 
and prepare, that thou mayest eat 
the passover ? And he sendeth forth 
two of his disciples, and saith unto 
them, Go ye into the city, and there 
shall meet you a man bearing a 

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57 

pitcher of water: follow him. And 
wheresoever he shall go in, say ye 
to the good man of the house, The 
Master saith, Where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the pass- 
over with my disciples? And he 
will show you a large upper room 
furnished and prepared : there make 
ready for us. And his disciples went 
forth, and came into the city, and 
found as he had said unto them; 
and they made ready the passover. 
And in the evening he cometh with 
the twelve. And as they sat, and 
did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto 
you, one of you which eateth with 
me shall betray me. And they be¬ 
gan to be sorrowful, and to say unto 
him,one by one, Is it I? And another 
said, Is it I? And he answered and 
said unto them, It is one of the twelve 
that dippeth with me in the dish. 
The Son of Man indeed goeth, as 
it is written of him: but wo to that 
man by whom the Son of Man is 
betrayed ! good were it for that man 
if he had never been born. And as 
they did eat, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed, and brake it, and gave to 
them, and said, Take, eat: this is 
my body. And he took the cup, 
and when he had given thanks, he 
gave it to them: and they all drank 
of it. And he said unto them, This 
is my blood of the new testament, 
which is shed for many. Verily 
I say unto you, I will drink no 
more of the fruit of the vine, until 
that day that I drink it new in the 
Kingdom of God. And when they 
had sung an hymn, they went out 
into the Mount of Olives. And 
Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall 
be offended because of me this night: 
for it is written, I will smite the 
shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered. But after that I am risen, 
I will go before you into Galilee. 
But Peter said unto him, Although 
all shall be offended, yet will not I. 




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And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I 
say unto thee, that this day, even in 
this night, before the cock crow twice, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. But he 
spake the more vehemently, If I 
should die with thee, I will not deny 
thee in aft# wise. Likewise also 
said they all. And they came to 
a place which was named Geth- 
semane: and he saith to his disci¬ 
ples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 
And he taketh with him Peter and 
James and John, and began to be 
sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 
and saith unto them, My soul is ex¬ 
ceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry 
ye here, and watch. And he went 
forward a little, and fell on the ground, 
and prayed that, if it were possible, 
the hour might pass from him. And 
he said, Abba, Father, all things are 
possible unto thee; take away this 
cup from me: nevertheless, not what 
I will, but what thou wilt. And he 
cometh, and findeth them sleeping, 
and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest 
thou ? couldest not thou watch one 
hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye 
enter into temptation ; the spirit truly 
is read 3 ^, but the flesh is weak. And 
again he went away, and prayed, 
and spake the same words. And 
when he returned, he found them 
asleep again, (for their eyes were 
heavy;) neither wist they what to 
answer him. And he cometh the 
third time, and saith unto them, 
Sleep on now, and take your rest: 
it is enough, the hour is come; be¬ 
hold, the Son of Man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners. Rise up, let 
us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at 
hand. And immediately, while he 
yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the 
twelve, and with him a great multi¬ 
tude with swords and staves, from 
the chief priests and the scribes and 
the elders. And he that betrayed 
him had given them a token, saying, 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same 


is he; take him,and lead him away 
safely. And as soon as he was come, 
he goeth straightway to him, and 
saith, Master, Master; and kissed 
him. And they laid their hands on 
him, and took him. And one of 
them that stood by drew a sword, 
and smote a servant of the high 
priest, and cut off his ear. And 
Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Are ye come out as against a thief, 
with swords and with staves, to take 
me ? I was daily with you in the 
temple, teaching, and ye took me 
not: but the Scriptures must be ful¬ 
filled. And they all forsook him,and 
fled. And there followed him a cer¬ 
tain young man, having a linen 
cloth cast about his naked body; and 
the young men laid hold on him. 
And he left the linen cloth, and fled 
from them naked. And they led 
Jesus away to the high priest: and 
with him were assembled all the 
chief priests and the elders and the 
scribes. And Peter followed him 
afar off, even into the palace of the 
high priest; and he sat with the ser¬ 
vants, and warmed himself at the 
fire. And the chief priest, and 
all the council, sought for witness 
against Jesus to put him to death; 
and found none. For many bare 
false witness against him, but their 
witness agreed not together. And 
there arose certain, and bare false 
witness against him, saying, We 
heard him say, I will destroy this 
temple that is made with hands, and 
within three days I will build another 
made without hands. But neither 
so did their witness agree together. 
And the high priest stood up in the 
midst, and asked Jesus, saying, An- 
swerest thou nothing? what is it 
which these witness against thee? 
But he held his peace and answered 
nothing. Again the high priest 
asked him, and said unto him, Art 
thou the Christ, the Son of the 




































































































































TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 


Blessed ? And Jesus said, I am: 
and ye shall see the Son of Man sit¬ 
ting on the right hand of power, and 
coming in the clouds of heaven. 
Then the high priest rent his clothes, 
and saith, What need we any fur¬ 
ther witnesses? ye have heard the 
blasphemy: what think ye? And 
they all condemned him to be guilty 
of death. And some began to spit 
on him, and to cover his face, and to 
buffet him, and to say unto him, 
Prophesy. And the servants did 
strike him with the palms of their 
hands. And as Peter was beneath 
in the palace, there cometh one of the 
maids of the high priest; and when 
she saw Peter warming himself, she 
looked upon him, and said, And thou 
also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 
But he denied, saying, I know not, 
neither understand I what thou say- 
est. And he went out into the porch; 
and the cock crew. And a maid 
saw him again, and began to say to 
them that stood by, This is one of 
them. And he denied it again. And 
a little after, they that stood by said 
again to Peter, Surely thou art one 
of them; for thou art a Galilean, 
and thy speech agreeth thereto. 
But he began to curse and to swear, 
saying, I know not this man of whom 
ye speak. And the second time the 
cock crew. And Peter called to 
mind the word that Jesus said unto 
him, Before the cock crow twice, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. And 
when he thought thereon,he wept. 

TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

For the Epistle. Isaiah 1. 5. 
HE Lord God hath opened 
mine ear, and I was not rebel¬ 
lious, neither turned away back. I 
gave my back to the smiters, and 
my cheeks to them that plucked off 
the hair: I hid not my face from 
shame and spitting. For the Lord 
God will help me; therefore shall I 


59 

not be confounded: therefore have I 
set my face like a flint, and I know 
that I shall not be ashamed. He is 
near that justifieth me; who will 
contend with me? let us stand to- 
gether: who is mine adversary ? 
let him come near to me. Behold, 
the Lord God will help me; who is 
he that shall condemn me? Lo, they 
all shall wax old as a garment; the 
moth shall eat them up. Who is 
among you that feareth the Lord, 
that obeyeth the voice of his servant, 
that walketh in darkness, and hath 
no light? let him trust in the Name 
of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that 
compass yourselves about with 
sparks : walk in the light of your 
fire, and in the sparks that ye have 
kindled. This shall ye have of mine 
hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. 

The Gospel. St. Mark xv. 1. 
ND straightway in the morn¬ 
ing the chief priests held a 
consultation with the elders and 
scribes, and the whole council, and 
bound Jesus, and carried him away, 
and delivered him to Pilate. And 
Pilate asked him, Art thou the King 
of the Jews? And he answering 
said unto him, Thou sayest it. And 
the chief priests accused him of many 
things : but he answered nothing. 
And Pilate asked him again, saying, 
Answerest thou nothing? behold 
how many things they witness 
against thee. But Jesus yet an¬ 
swered nothing; so that Pilate mar¬ 
velled. Now at that feast he 
released unto them one prisoner, 
whomsoever they desired. And there 
was one named Barabbas, which 
lay bound with them that had made 
insurrection -with him, who had 
committed murder in the insurrec¬ 
tion. And the multitude crying 
aloud began to desire him to do as 
he had ever done unto them. But 
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ye that I release unto you the King 
of the Jews? (For he knew that 
the chief priests had delivered him for 
envy.) But the chief priests moved 
the people, that he should rather re¬ 
lease Barabbas unto them. And 
Pilate answered and said again unto 
them, What will ye then that I shall 
do unto him whom ye call the King 
of the Jews? And they cried out 
again, Crucify him! Then Pilate 
said unto them, Why,what evil hath 
he done ? And they cried out the 
more exceedingly, Crucify him ! 
And so Pilate, willing to content 
the people, released Barabbas unto 
them, and delivered Jesus, when 
he had scourged him, to be crucified. 
And the soldiers led him away into 
the hall, called Praetorium ; and they 
called together the whole band. And 
they clothed him with purple, and 
platted a crown of thorns, and put it 
about his head, and began to salute 
him, Hail, King of the Jews! And 
they smote him on the head with a 
reed, and did spit upon him, and 
bowing their knees worshipped him. 
And when they had mocked him, 
they took off the purple from him, 
and put his own clothes on him, and 
led him out to crucify him. And 
they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, 
who passed by, coming out of the 
country, the father of Alexander 
and Rufus, to bear his cross. And 
they bring him unto the place Gol¬ 
gotha, which is, being interpreted, 
The place of a skull. And they gave 
him to drink wine mingled with 
myrrh ; but he received it not. And 
when they had crucified him, they 
parted his garments, casting lots 
upon them, what every man should 
take. And it was the third hour, 
and they crucified him. And the 
superscription of his accusation was 
written over, THE KING OF THE 
JEWS. And with him they cru¬ 
cify two thieves; the one on his 


right hand, and the other on his 
left. And the Scripture was fulfilled, 
which saith, And he was numbered 
with the transgressors. And they 
that passed by railed on him, wag¬ 
ging their heads, and saying, Ah, 
thou that destroyest the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, save thy¬ 
self, and come down from the cross. 
Likewise also the chief priests mock¬ 
ing said among themselves with 
the scribes, He saved others; himself 
he cannot save. Let Christ the 
King of Israel descend now from the 
cross, that we may see and believe. 
And they that were crucified with 
him reviled him. And when the 
sixth hour was come, there was dark¬ 
ness over the whole land until the 
ninth hour. And at the ninth hour 
Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 
Eloi! Eloil lama sabachthani / 
which is, being interpreted, My God! 
my God! why hast thou forsaken 
me ? And some of them that stood 
by, when they heard it, said, Behold, 
he calleth Elias. And one ran and 
filled a sponge full of vinegar, and 
put it on a reed, and gave him to 
drink, saying, Let alone; let us see 
whether Elias will come to take him 
down. And Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, and gave up the ghost. And 
the vail of the temple was rent in 
twain, from the top to the bottom. 
And when the Centurion, which 
stood over against him, saw that he 
so cried out, and gave up the ghost, 
he said, Truly this man was the 
Son of God. 


WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

The Epistle. Heb. ix. 16. 
HERE a testament is, there 
must also of necessity be the 
death of the testator. For a testament 
is of force after men are dead ; other¬ 
wise it is of no strength at all whilst 
the testator liveth. Whereupon, 
neither the first testament was dedi 






WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 


cated without blood. For when 
Moses had spoken every precept to all 
the people, according to the Law he 
took the blood of calves and of goats, 
with water, and scarlet wool, and 
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book 
and all the people, saying, This is 
the blood of the testament which 
God hath enjoined unto you. More¬ 
over, he sprinkled likewise with blood 
both the tabernacle, and all the ves¬ 
sels of the ministry. And almost all 
things are by the Law purged with 
blood; and without shedding of blood 
is no remission. It was therefore 
necessary that the patterns of things 
in the heavens shc&ld be purified 
with these; but the heavenly things 
themselves with better sacrifices than 
these. For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, 
which are the figures of the true; 
but into heaven itself, now to appear 
in the presence of God for us. Nor 
yet that he should offer himself often, 
as the High Priest entereth into the 
holy place every year with blood of 
others; (for then must he often have 
suffered since the foundation of the 
world;) but now once in the end of 
the world hath he appeared to put 
away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 
And as it is appointed unto men once 
to die, but after this the judgment: 
so Christ was once offered to bear 
the sins of many; and unto them 
that look for him shall he appear 
the second time without sin unto 
salvation. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 1. 
OW the feast of unleavened 
bread drew nigh, which is 
called the Passover. And the chief 
priests and scribes sought how they 
might kill him ; for they feared the 
people. Then entered Satan into 
Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of 
the number of the twelve. And he 
went his way, and communed with 
the chief priests and captains, how 


61 

he might betray him unto them 
And they were glad, and covenanted 
to give him money. And he pro 
mised, and sought opportunity to 
betray him unto them in the absence 
of the multitude. Then came the 
day of unleavened bread, when the 
passover must be killed. And he 
sent Peter and John, saying, Go and 
prepare us the passover, that we may 
eat. And they said unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we prepare ? And he 
said unto them, Behold, when ye 
are entered into the city, there shall 
a man meet you, bearing a pitcher 
of water; follow him into the house 
where he entereth in. And ye shall 
say unto the good man of the house, 
The Master saith unto thee, Where 
is the guest-chamber, where I shall 
eat the passover with my disciples ? 
And he shall show you a large upper 
room furnished: there make ready. 
And they went and found as he had 
said unto them: and they made 
ready the passover. And when the 
hour was come, he sat down, and 
the twelve apostles with him. And 
he said unto them, With desire I have 
desired to eat this passover with you 
before I suffer. For I say unto you, 
I will not any more eat thereof, until 
it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God. 
And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and said, Take this, and di¬ 
vide it among yourselves. For I say 
unto you, I will not drink of the fruit 
of the vine, until the Kingdom of God 
shall come. And he took bread, and 
gave thanks, and brake it, and gave 
unto them, saying, This is my body 
which is given for you: this do in 
remembrance of me. Likewise also 
the cup after supper, saying, This 
cup is the new testament in my 
blood, which is shed for you. But 
behold, the hand of him that betray- 
eth me is with me on the table. And 
truly the Son of Man goeth as it was 
determined; but wo unto that man 





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by whom he is betrayed! And 
they began to inquire among them¬ 
selves, which of them it was that 
should do this thing. And there 
was also a strife among them, 
which of them should be account¬ 
ed the greatest. And he said unto 
them, The kings of the Gentiles 
exercise lordship over them ; and 
they that exercise authority upon 
them are called benefactors. But 
ye shall not be so: but he that is 
greatest among you, let him be as 
the younger ; and he that is chief, 
as he that doth serve. For whether 
is greater, he that sitteth at meat, 
or he that serveth ? Is not he that 
sitteth at meat ? But I am among 
you as he that serveth. Ye are 
they which have continued with 
me in my temptations. And I ap¬ 
point unto you a kingdom, as my 
Father hath appointed unto me; 
that ye may eat and drink at my 
table in my kingdom, and sit on 
thrones, judging the twelve tribes 
of Israel. And the Lord said, Si¬ 
mon, Simon, behold, Satan hath 
desired to have you, that he may 
sift you as wheat: but I have pray¬ 
ed for thee, that thy faith fail 
not; and when thou art converted, 
strengthen thy brethren. And he 
said unto him, Lord, I am ready 
to go with thee, both into prison 
and to death. And he said, I tell 
thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow 
this day, before that thou shalt 
thrice deny that thou knowest me. 
And he said unto them, When I 
sent you without purse, and scrip, 
and shoes, lacked ye any thing ? 
And they said, Nothing. Then 
said he unto them, But now, he 
that hath a purse, let him take it, 
and likewise his scrip : and he that 
hath no sword, let him sell his gar¬ 
ment, and buy one. For I say unto 
you, that this that is written must 
yet be accomplished in me, And 


he was reckoned among the trans¬ 
gressors : for the things concerning 
me have an end. And they said 
Lord, behold, here are two swords 
And he said unto them, It is enough 
And he came out, and went, as he 
was wont, to the Mount of Olives : 
and his disciples also followed him. 
And when he was at the place, he 
said unto them, Pray that ye enter 
not into temptation. And he was 
withdrawn from them about a 
stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and 
prayed, saying, Father, if thou be 
willing, remove this cup from me : 
nevertheless, not my will, but thine, 
be done. And there appeared an 
angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. And being in 
an agony, he prayed more ear¬ 
nestly ; and his sweat was as it 
were great drops of blood falling 
down to the ground. And when 
he rose up from prayer, and was 
come to his disciples, he found them 
sleeping for sorrow, and said unto 
them, Why sleep ye ? rise and pray, 
lest ye enter into temptation. And 
while he yet spake, behold a multi¬ 
tude, and he that was called Judas, 
one of the twelve, went before them, 
and drew near unto Jesus to kiss 
him. But Jesus said unto him, Ju¬ 
das, betrayest thou the Son of Alan 
with a kiss ? When they which 
were about him saw what would fol¬ 
low, they said unto him, Lord, shall 
we smite with the sword ? and one 
of them smote the servant of the 
high priest, and cut off his right ear. 
And Jesus answered and said, Suf¬ 
fer ye thus far. And he touched his 
ear, and healed him. Then Jesus 
said unto the chief priests, and cap¬ 
tains of the temple, and the elders 
which were come to him, Be ye come 
out as against a thief, with swords 
and staves? When I was daily 
with you in the temple, ye stretched 
forth no hands against me : but this 



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is your hour, and the power of dark¬ 
ness. Then took they him, and led 
him, and brought him into the high 
priest’s house. And Peter followed 
afar off. And when they had 
kindled a fire in the midst of the 
hall, and were set down together, 
Peter sat down among them. But 
a certain maid beheld him as he sat 
by the fire, and earnestly looked 
upon him, and said, This man was 
also with him. And he denied him, 
saying, Woman, I know him not. 
And after a little while another saw 
him, and said, Thou art also of 
them. And Peter said, Man, I am 
not. And about the space of one 
hour after, another confidently af¬ 
firmed, saying, Of a truth, this fel¬ 
low also was with him ; for he is a 
Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I 
know not what thou sayest. And 
immediately, while he yet spake, 
the cock crew. And the Lord turn¬ 
ed, and looked upon Peter. And 
Peter remembered the word of the 
Lord, how he had said unto him, 
Before the cock crow, thou shalt de¬ 
ny me thrice. And Peter went out, 
and wept bitterly. And the men 
that held Jesus mocked him, and 
smote him. And when they had 
blindfolded him, they struck him on 
the face, and asked him, saying, 
Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 
And many other things blasphem¬ 
ously spake they against him. And 
as soon as it was day, the elders of 
the people, and the chief priests, and 
the scribes came together, and led 
him into their council, saying, Art 
thou the Christ? tell us. And 
he said unto them. If I tell you, ye 
will not believe : e nd if I also ask 
you, ye will not answer me, nor let 
me go. Hereafter shall the Son of 
Man sit on the right hand of the 
power of God. Then said they all, 
Art thou then the Son of God? 
And he said unto them, Ye say, that 


I am. And they said, What need 
we any farther witness ? for we 
ourselves have heard of his own 
mouth. 


THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xi. IT. 

N this that I declare unto you, I 
praise you not, that ye come 
together not for the better, but for 
the worse. For first of all, when 
ye come together in the Church, 1 
hear that there be divisions among 
you ; and I partly believe it. For 
there must be also heresies among 
you, that they which are approved 
may be made manifest among you. 
When ye come together therefore 
into one place, this is not to eat the 
Lord’s Supper. For in eating 
every one taketh before other his 
own supper; and one is hungry, and 
another is drunken. What! have 
ye not houses to eat and to drink in? 
or despise ye the church of God, 
and shame them that have not? 
What shall I say to you ? shall 1 
praise you in this ? I praise you not. 
For I have received of the Lord 
that which also I delivered unto 
you, That the Lord Jesus, the same 
night in which he was betrayed, 
took bread : and when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, 
eat; this is my body, which is bro¬ 
ken for you: this do in remembrance 
of me. After the same manner also 
he took the cup, when he had sup¬ 
ped, saying, This cup is the new 
testament in my blood: this do ye, 
as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance 
of me. For as often as ye eat this 
bread, and drink this cup, ye do 
show the Lord’s death till he come. 
Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this 
bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty ol 
the body and blood of the Lord. 
But let a man examine himself, and 
so let him eat of that bread, and 




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THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 


drink of that cup. For he that eateth 
and drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh damnation to himself, not 
discerning the Lord’s body. For 
this cause many are weak and sick¬ 
ly among you, and many sleep. For 
if we would judge ourselves, we 
should not be judged. But when 
we are judged, we are chastened of 
the Lord, that we should not be con¬ 
demned with the world. Where¬ 
fore, my brethren, when ye come to¬ 
gether to eat, tarry one for another. 
And if any man hunger, let him eat 
at home; that ye come not together 
unto condemnation. And the rest 
will I set in order when I come. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxiii. 1. 
HE whole multitude of them 
arose, and led him unto Pilate. 
And they began to accuse him, say¬ 
ing, We found this fellow pervert¬ 
ing the nation, and forbidding to 
give tribute to Caesar, saying that 
he himself is Christ a king. And 
Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou 
the King of the Jews ? And he an¬ 
swered him, and said, Thou sayest 
it. Then said Pilate to the chief 
priests and to the people, I find no 
fault in this man. And they were 
the more fierce, saying, He stirreth 
up the people, teaching throughout 
all Jewry, beginning from Galilee 
to this place. When Pilate heard 
of Galilee, he asked whether the 
man were a Galilean. And as soon 
as he knew that he belonged unto 
Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him 
to Herod, who himself was also at 
Jerusalem at that time. And when 
Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding 
glad: for he was desirous to see 
him of a long season, because he had 
heard many things of him ; and he 
hoped to have seen some miracle 
done by him. Then he questioned 
with him in many words ; but he 
answered him nothing. And the 
chief priests and scribes stood and 


vehemently accused him. Ana 
Herod with his men of war set him 
at naught, and mocked him, and ar¬ 
rayed him in a gorgeous robe, and 
sent him again to Pilate. And the 
same day Pilate and Herod were 
made friends together; for before, 
they were at enmity between them¬ 
selves. And Pilate, when he had 
called together the chief priests, and 
the rulers, and the people, said 
unto them, Ye have brought this 
man unto me, as one that pervert- 
eth the people: and behold, I, hav¬ 
ing examined him before you, have 
found no fault in this man, touching 
those things whereof ye accuse 
him. No, nor yet Herod : for I sent 
you to him; and lo, nothing wor¬ 
thy of death is done unto him. 1 
will therefore chastise him, and 
release him. (For of necessity he 
must release one unto them at the 
feast.) And they cried out all at 
once, saying, Away with this man, 
and release unto us Barabbas: (who 
for a certain sedition made in the 
city, and for murder, was cast into 
prison.) Pilate therefore, willing 
to release Jesus, spake again to 
them. But they cried, saying, Cru¬ 
cify him! crucify him! And he said 
unto them the third time, Why, 
what evil hath he done? I have 
found no cause of death in him : I 
will therefore chastise him, and let 
him go. And they were instant with 
loud voices, requiring that he might 
be crucified: and the voices of them, 
and of the chief priests prevailed. 
And Pilate gave sentence that it 
should be as they required. And 
he released unto them him that for 
sedition and murder was cast into 
prison, whom they had desired; 
but he delivered Jesus to their will 
And as they led him away, they 
laid hold upon one Simon a Cy- 
renian, coming out of the country, 
and on him they laid the cross, that 





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65 


he might bear it after Jesus. And 
there followed him a great compa¬ 
ny of people, and of women, which 
also bewailed and lamented him. 
But Jesus turning unto them, said, 
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not 
for me, but weep for yourselves, 
and for your children. For behold, 
the days are coming, in the which 
they shall say, Blessed are the bar¬ 
ren, and the wombs that never bare, 
and the paps which never gave 
suck. Then shall they begin to say 
to the mountains, Fall on us ! and 
to the hills, Cover us! For if they 
do these things in a green tree, 
what shall be done in the dry ? 
Andthere were also two others,male¬ 
factors, led with him to be put to 
death. And when they were come 
to the place which is called Calvary, 
there they crucified him, and the 
malefactors ; one on the right hand, 
and the other on the left. Then 
said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for 
they know not what they do. And 
they parted his raiment, and cast 
lots. And the people stood behold¬ 
ing. And the rulers also with them 
derided him, saying, He saved 
others; let him save himself, if he be 
Christ,the chosen of God. And the 
soldiers also mocked him, coming to 
him, and offering him vinegar, and 
saying, If thou be the King of the 
Jews, save thyself. And a super¬ 
scription also was written over him, 
in letters of Greek, and Latin, and 
Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING 
OF THE JEWS. And one of the 
malefactors which were hanged 
railed on him, saying, If thou be 
Christ, save thyself and us. But 
the other answering, rebuked him, 
saying, Dost not thou fear God, see¬ 
ing thou art in the same condemna¬ 
tion ? And we indeed justly ; for 
we receive the due reward of our 
deeds: but this man hath done 
nothing amiss. And he said unto 
j 


Jesus, Lord, remember me when 
thou comest into thy kingdom. And 
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say 
unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with 
me in paradise. And it was about 
the sixth hour, and there was a dark¬ 
ness over all the earth until the ninth 
hour. And the sun was darkened, 
an 1 the vail of the temple was rent 
in the midst. And when Jesus had 
cried with a loud voice, he said, 
Father, into thy hands I commend 
my spirit: and having said thus, he 
gave up the ghost. Now when the 
Centurion saw what was done, he 
glorified God, saying, Certainly this 
was a righteous man. And all the 
people that came together to that 
sight, beholding the things that were 
done, smote their breasts and re 
turned. And all his acquaintance, 
and the women that followed him 
from Galilee, stood afar off, behold¬ 
ing these things. 

GOOD FRIDAY. 

The Collects. 

A LMIGHTY God, we beseech 
thee graciousty to behold this 
thy family, for which our Lord Jesus 
Christ was contented to be betrayed, 
and given up into the hands of 
wicked men, and to suffer death 
upon the cross, who now liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, by whose Spirit the whole 
body of the Church is governed and 
sanctified ; Receive our supplications 
and prayers, which we offer before 
thee for all estates of men in thy 
holy Church, that every member of 
the same, in his vocation and minis¬ 
try, may truly and godly serve thee; 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

O MERCIFUL God, who hast 
made all men, and hatest no- 





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GOOD FRIDAY. 


thing that thou hast made, nor de- 
sirest the death of a sinner, but ra¬ 
ther that he should be converted and 
live; Have mercy upon all Jews, 
Turks, Infidels, and Heretics; and 
take from them all ignorance, hard¬ 
ness of heart, and contempt of thy 
Word; and so fetch them home, 
blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they 
may be saved among the remnant 
of the true Israelites, and be made 
one fold under one shepherd, Jesus 
Christ our Lord, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Spirit, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Heb. x. 1. 

HE Law having a shadow of 
good things to come, and not the 
very image of the things, can never, 
with those sacrifices which they 
offered year by year continually, 
make the comers thereunto perfect. 
For then, would they not have 
ceased to be offered? because that 
the worshippers once purged should 
have had no more conscience of sins. 
But in those sacrifices there is a re¬ 
membrance again made of sins every 
year. For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should 
take away sins. Wherefore, when 
He cometh into the world, he saith, 
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest 
not, but a body hast thou prepared 
me: in burnt-offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the vol¬ 
ume of the book it is written of me) 
to do thy will, O God. Above, when 
he said, Sacrifice and offering and 
burnt-offerings and offering for sin 
thou wouldest not, neither hadst 
pleasure therein; which are offered 
by the Law ; then said he, Lo, I 
come to do thy will, O God. He 
taketh away the first, that he may 
establish the second. By the which 
will we are sanctified, through the 
offering of the body of Jesus Christ 


once for all. And every priest stand- 
eth daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which 
can never take away sins : but this 
Man, after he had offered one sacri¬ 
fice for sins for ever, sat down on 
the right hand of God ; from hence¬ 
forth expecting till his enemies be 
made his footstool. For by one offer¬ 
ing he hath perfected for ever them 
that are sanctified. Whereof the 
Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: 
for after that he had said before, 
This is the covenant that I will 
make with them after those days, 
saith the Lord, I will put my laws 
into their hearts, and in their minds 
will I write them; and their sins 
and iniquities will I remember no 
more. Now where remission of 
these is, there is no more offering for 
sin. Having therefore, brethren, 
boldness to enter into the holiest by 
the blood of Jesus, by a new and 
living way, which he hath conse¬ 
crated for us, through the vail, that 
is to say, his flesh ; and having an 
High Priest over the house of God; 
let us draw near with a true heart, 
in full assurance of faith, having our 
hearts sprinkled from an evil con¬ 
science, and our bodies washed with 
pure water. Let us hold fast the 
profession of our faith without wa¬ 
vering ; (for he is faithful that pro¬ 
mised;) and let us consider one 
another to provoke unto love and to 
good works: not forsaking the as 
sembling of ourselves together, as 
the manner of some is; but exhort¬ 
ing one another: and so much the 
more, as ye see the day approaching 
The Gospel. St. John xix. 1. 
ILATE therefore took Jesus 
and scourged him. And the 
soldiers platted a crown of thorns, 
and put it on his head, and they put 
on him a purple robe, and said, 
Hail, King of the Jews! and they 
smote him with their hands. Pi- 





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late therefore went forth again, and 
saith unto them, Behold, I bring 
him forth to you, that ye may know 
that I find no fault, in him. Then 
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown 
of thorns, and the purple robe. And 
Pilate saith unto them, Behold the 
man! When the chief priests there¬ 
fore and officers saw him, they cried 
out, saying, Crucify him! crucify 
him! Pilate saith unto them, Take 
ye him, and crucify him; lor I find 
no fault in him. The Jews an¬ 
swered him, We have a law, and by 
our law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of God. 
When Pilate therefore heard that 
saying, he was the more afraid; and 
went again into the judgment-hall, 
and saith unto Jesus, Whence art 
thou ? But Jesus gave him no an¬ 
swer. Then saith Pilate unto him, 
Speakest thou not unto me ? Know- 
est thou not that I have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to re¬ 
lease thee? Jesus answered, Thou 
couldest have no power at all against 
me, except it were given thee from 
above: therefore he that delivered 
me unto thee hath the greater sin. 
And from thenceforth Pilate sought 
to release him: but the Jews cried 
out, saying, If thou let this man go, 
thou art not Caesar’s friend: who¬ 
soever maketh himself a king, speak- 
eth against Caesar. When Pilate 
therefore heard that saying, he 
brought Jesus forth, and sat down 
in the judgment-seat, in a place that 
is called the Pavement, but in the 
Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was 
the preparation of the passover, and 
about the sixth hour : and he saith 
unto the Jews, Behold your King. 
But they cried out, Away with him! 
away with him! crucify him! Pi¬ 
late saith unto them, Shall I crucify 
your King ? The chief priests an¬ 
swered, We have no king but Caesar. 
Then delivered he h‘m therefore 


unto them to be crucified. And they 
took Jesus, and led him away. And 
he bearing his cross went forth 
into a place called the place of a 
skull, which is called in the Hebrew, 
Golgotha; where they crucified him, 
and two others with him, on either 
side one, and Jesus in the midst. 
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it 
on the cross. And the writing was, 
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. This 
title then read many of the Jews: 
for the place where Jesus was cruci¬ 
fied was nigh to the city; and it 
was written in Hebrew, and Greek, 
and Latin. Then said the chief 
priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write 
not, The King of the Jews; but that 
he said, I am King of the Jews. Pi¬ 
late answered, What I have written, 
I have written. Then the soldiers, 
when they had crucified Jesus, took 
his garments, and made four parts, 
to every soldier a part; and also his 
coat: now the coat was without 
seam, woven from the top through¬ 
out. They said therefore among 
themselves, Let us not rend it, but 
cast lots for it whose it shall be: 
that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
which' saith, They parted my rai¬ 
ment among them, and for my ves¬ 
ture they did cast lots. These things 
therefore the soldiers did. Now 
there stood by the cross of Jesus, his 
mother, and his mother’s sister, 
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and 
Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
therefore saw his mother, and the 
disciple standing by, whom he loved, 
he saith unto his mother, Woman, 
behold thy son 1 Then saith he to the 
disciple, Behold thy mother! And 
from that hour that disciple took her 
unto his own home. After this, Jesus 
knowing that all things were now 
accomplished, that the Scripture 
might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now 
there was set a vessel full of vinegar: 



68 EASTER-EVEN. 


and they filled a sponge with vinegar, 
and put it upon hyssop, and put it 
to his mouth. When Jesus there¬ 
fore had received the vinegar, he 
said, It is finished: and he bowed 
his head, and gave up the ghost. 
The Jews therefore, because it was 
the preparation, that the bodies should 
not remain upon the cross on the sab- 
bath-day,(for that sabbath-day was an 
high day,) besought Pilate that their 
legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. Then came 
the soldiers,and brake the legs of the 
first, and of the other which was cru¬ 
cified with him. But when they came 
to Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
already, they brake not his legs: 
but one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, and forthwith came 
there out blood and water. And he 
that saw it bare record, and his re¬ 
cord is true: and he knoweth that 
he saith true, that ye might believe. 
For these things were done, that the 
Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone 
of him shall not be broken. And 
again another Scripture saith, They 
shall look on him whom they pierced. 

EASTER-EVEN. 

The Collect. 

RANT, O Lord, that as we 
are baptized into the death of 
thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ, so by continual mortifying 
our corrupt affections we may be 
buried with him ; and that through 
the grave, and gate of death,we may 
pass to our joyful resurrection; for his 
merits, who died, and was buried, 
and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 17. 
T is better, if the will of God be 
so, that ye suffer for well-doing, 
than for evil-doing. For Christ also 
hath once suffered for sins, the just 
for the unjust, that he might bring 
us to God, being put to death in the 


flesh, but quickened by the Spirit * 
by which also he went and preached 
unto the spirits in prison; which 
sometime were disobedient, when 
once the long-suffering of God waited 
in the days of Noah, while the ark 
was a preparing; wherein few, that 
is, eight souls were saved by water. 
The like figure whereunto, even 
baptism, doth also now save us, (not 
the putting away the filth of the 
flesh, but the answ T er of a good con¬ 
science towards God,) by the resur¬ 
rection of Jesus Christ: who is gone 
into heaven, and is on the right 
hand of God; angels, and authori¬ 
ties, and powers being made subject 
unto him. 

The Gospel. St. Matt, xxvii. 57. 
HEN the even was come, 
there came a rich man of Ar- 
imathea, named Joseph, who also 
himself was Jesus’ disciple: he went 
to Pilate, and begged the body of 
Jesus. Then Pilate commanded 
the body to be delivered. And when 
Joseph had taken the body, he wrap¬ 
ped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid 
it in his own new tomb, which he 
had hewn out in the rock; and he 
rolled a great stone to the door of the 
sepulchre, and departed. And there 
was Mary Magdalene, and the other 
Mary, sitting over against the sepul¬ 
chre. Now the next day, that fol¬ 
lowed the day of the preparation, the 
chief priests and Pharisees came to¬ 
gether unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we 
remember that that deceiver said, 
while he was yet alive, After three 
days I will rise again. Command 
therefore that the sepulchre be made 
sure until the third day, lest his dis¬ 
ciples come by night, and steal him 
away, and say unto the people, He 
is risen from the dead: so the Iasi 
error shall be worse than the first 
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a 
watch: go your way, make it as 
sure as ye can. So they went and 






EASTER-DAY. 


69 


made the sepulchre sure, sealing the 
stone, and setting a watch. 


EASTER-DAY. 

IT At Morning- Prayer, instead of the Psalm, 

O come,let us sing, tpc., these Anthems 

shall be sung- or said. 

HRIST our Passover is sacri¬ 
ficed for us: therefore let us 
keep the feast; 

Not with the old leaven, neither 
with the leaven of malice and wicked¬ 
ness ; but with the unleavened bread 
of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7. 
HRIST being raised from the 
dead, dieth no more; death 
hath no more dominion over him. 

For in that he died, he died unto 
sin once; but in that he liveth, he 
liveth unto God. 

Likewise reckon ye also your¬ 
selves to be dead indeed unto sin, 
but alive unto God through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Rom. vi. 9. 

HRIST is risen from the dead, 
and become the first-fruits of 
them that slept. 

For since by man came death, by 
man came also the resurrection of 
the dead. 

For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. 
1 Cor. xv. 20. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who through 
thine only-begotten Son Jesus 
Christ hast overcome death, and 
opened unto us the gate of everlast¬ 
ing life; We humbly beseech thee, 
that, as by thy special grace pre¬ 
venting us thou dost put into our 
minds good desires, so by thy con¬ 
tinual help we may bring the same 
to good effect; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

The Epistle. Col. iii. 1. 

F ye then be risen with Christ, 
seek those things which are 


above, where Christ sitteth on the 
right hand of God. Set your affec¬ 
tion on things above, not on things 
on the earth. For ye are dead, and 
your life is hid with Christ in God. 
When Christ, who is our life, shall 
appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. Mortify there¬ 
fore your members which are upon 
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, 
inordinate affection, evil concupi¬ 
scence, and covetousness, which is 
idolatry : for which things’ sake tfrj 
wrath of God cometh on the children 
of disobedience : in the which ye 
also walked sometime, when ye liv¬ 
ed in them. 

The Gospel. St. John xx. 1. 

T HE first day of the week com¬ 
eth Mary Magdalene early, 
when it was yet dark, unto the 
sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken 
away from the sepulchre. Then 
she runneth, and cometh to Simon 
Peter, and to the other disciple 
whom Jesus loved, and saith unto 
them, They have taken away the 
Lord out of the sepulchre, and we 
know not where they have laid him. 
Peter therefore went forth, and that 
other disciple, and came to the se¬ 
pulchre. So they ran both togeth¬ 
er ; and the other disciple did outrun 
Peter, and came first to the sepul¬ 
chre. And he stooping down, and 
looking in, saw the linen clothes ly¬ 
ing ; yet went he not in. Then 
cometh Simon Peter following him, 
and went into the sepulchre, and 
seeth the linen clothes lie ; and the 
napkin that was about his head,not 
lying with the linen clothes, but 
wrapped together in a place by itself. 
Then went in also that other disciple 
which came first to the sepulchre, 
and he saw, and believed. For as 
yet they knew not the Scripture, 
that he must rise again from the 
dead. Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own home. 








70 


MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 


MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 

The Collect . 

LMIGHTY God, who through 
thine only begotten Son Jesus 
Christ hast overcome death, and 
opened unto us the gate of everlast¬ 
ing life ; We humbly beseech thee, 
that, as by thy special grace prevent¬ 
ing us thou dost put into our minds 
good desires, so by thy continual 
help we may bring the same to good 
effect ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. 
ETER opened his mouth, and 
said, Of a truth I perceive that 
God is no respecter of persons; but 
in every nation he that feareth him, 
and worketh righteousness, is ac¬ 
cepted with him. The Word which 
God sent unto the children of Israel, 
preaching peace by Jesus Christ, 
(he is Lord of all,) that Word, I say, 
ye know, which was published 
throughout all Judea, and began 
from Galilee, after the baptism which 
John preached; how God anointed 
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power: who went 
about doing good, and healing all 
that were oppressed of the devil; 
for God was with him. And we 
are witnesses of all things which he 
did both in the land of the Jews, 
and in Jerusalem; whom they 
slew and hanged on a tree. Him 
God raised up the third day, and 
showed him openly ; not to all 
the people, but unto witnesses cho¬ 
sen before of God, even to us, who 
did eat and drink with him after he 
rose from the dead. And he com¬ 
manded us to preach unto the peo¬ 
ple, and to testify that it is he which 
(vas ordained ofGodtobethe Judge 
of quick and dead. To him give 
all the Prophets witness, that 
through hisName whosoever believ- 


eth in him shall receive remission 
of sins. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 13. 
EHOLD, two of his disciples 
went that same day to a vil¬ 
lage called Emmaus, which was 
from Jerusalem about threescore fur¬ 
longs. And they talked together of 
all these things which had happen¬ 
ed. And it came to pass, that,while 
they communed together and rea¬ 
soned, Jesus himself drew near, and 
went with them. But their eyes 
were holden that they should not 
know him. And he said unto them, 
What manner of communications 
are these that ye have one to another, 
as ye walk, and are sad? And the one 
of them, whose name was Cleopas, 
answering said unto him, Art thou 
only a stranger in Jerusalem, and 
hast not known the things which 
are come to pass there in these days? 
And he said unto them, What 
things? And they said unto him, 
Concerning J esus of N azareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in deed and 
word before God, and all the people; 
and how the chief priests and our 
rulers delivered him to be condemn¬ 
ed to death, and have crucified him. 
But we trusted that it had been he 
which should have redeemed Israel: 
and beside all this, to-day is the 
third day since these things were 
done. Yea, and certain women al¬ 
so of our company made us aston¬ 
ished, which were early at the sepul¬ 
chre ; and when they found not his 
body, they came, saying, that they 
had also seen a vision of angels, 
which said that he was alive. And 
certain of them which were with us 
went to the sepulchre, and found it 
even so as the women had said; but 
him they saw not. Then he said 
unto them, O fools, and slow of 
heart to belie ve all that the Prophets 
have spoken ! Ought not Christ to 
have suffered these things, and to 






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TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 


enter into his glory ? And begin¬ 
ning at Moses,and all the Prophets, 
he expounded unto them in all the 
Scriptures, the things concerning 
himself. And they drew nigh unto 
the village whither they went; and 
he made as though he would have 
gone further : but they constrained 
him, saying, Abide with us ; for it 
is towards evening, and the day is 
far spent. And he went in to tarry 
with them. And it came to pass, as 
he sat at meat with them, he took 
bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
and gave to them. And their eyes 
were opened, and they knew him; 
and he vanished out of their sight. 
And they said one to another, Did 
not our heart burn within us, when 
he talked with us by the way, and 
while he opened to us the Scriptures? 
And they rose up the same hour, and 
returned to Jerusalem, and found 
the eleven gathered together, and 
them that were with them, saying, 
The Lord is risen indeed, and hath 
appeared to Simon. And they 
told what things were done in the 
way, and how he was known of 
them in breaking of bread. 

TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who through 
thine only begotten Son Jesus 
Christ hast overcome death, and 
opened unto us the gate of everlasting 
life ; We humbly beseech thee, that, 
as by thy special grace preventing 
us thou dost put into our minds 
good desires, so by thy continual 
help we may bring the same to good 
effect; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 26. 
EN and brethren, children of 
the stock of Abraham, and 
whosoever among you feareth God, 


to you is the word of this salvation 
sent. For they that dwell at Jeru¬ 
salem, and their rulers, because they 
knew him not, nor yet the voices of 
the Prophets which are read every 
sabbath-day, they have fulfilled 
them in condemning him. And 
though they found no cause of death 
in him, yet desired they Pilate that 
he should be slain. And when 
they had fulfilled all that was writ¬ 
ten of him, they took him down 
from the tree, and laid him in a 
sepulchre. But God raised him 
from the dead: and he was seen 
many days of them which came up 
with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, 
who are his witnesses unto the peo¬ 
ple. And we declare unto you glad 
tidings, how that the promise which 
was made unto the fathers, God 
hath fulfilled the same unto us their 
children, in that he hath raised up 
Jesus again ; as it is also written in 
the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, 
this day have I begotten thee. And 
as concerning that he raised him up 
from the dead, now no more to re¬ 
turn to corruption, he said on this 
wise, I will give you the sure mercies 
of David. Wherefore he saith also 
in another Psalm, Thou shalt not 
suffer thine Holy One to see corrup¬ 
tion. For David, after he had serv¬ 
ed his own generation by the will 
of God, fell on sleep, and was laid 
unto his fathers, and saw corruption : 
but he, whom God raised again, 
saw no corruption. Be it known 
unto you therefore, men and breth¬ 
ren, that through this man is preach¬ 
ed unto you the forgiveness of sins: 
and by him all that believe are jus¬ 
tified from all things, from which ye 
could not be justified by the law of 
Moses. Beware therefore, lest that 
come upon you,which is spoken of 
in theProphets; Behold, yedespisers, 
and wonder, and perish: for I work 
a work in your days, a work which 







72 


THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 


ye shall in no wise believe, though 
a man declare it unto you. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 36. 
ESUS himself stood in the midst 
of them, and saitli unto them, 
Peace be unto you! But they were 
terrified and affrighted, and supposed 
that they had seen a spirit. And 
he said unto them, Why are ye 
troubled? and Avhy do thoughts arise 
in your hearts 7 Behold my hands 
and my feet, that it is I myself; 
handle me, and see; for a spirit 
hath not flesh and bones, as ye see 
me have. And when he had thus 
spoken, he showed them his hands 
and his feet. And while they yet 
believed not for joy, and wondered, 
he said unto them, Have ye here any 
meat ? And they gave him a piece 
of a broiled fish, and of an honey¬ 
comb. And he took it, and did eat 
before them. And he said unto 
them, These are the words which I 
spake unto you, while I was yet 
with you, that all things must be 
fulfilled, which were written in the 
Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, 
and in the Psalms, concerning me. 
Then opened he their understand¬ 
ing, that they might understand the 
Scriptures, and said unto them, 
Thus it is written, and thus it be¬ 
hoved Christ to suffer, and to rise 
from the dead the third day ; and 
that repentance and remission of 
sins should be preached in his Name 
among all nations, beginning at Je¬ 
rusalem. And ye are witnesses of 
these things. 

THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY Father, who hast 
given thine only Son to die 
for our sins, and to rise again for 
our justification ; Grant us so to put 
away the leaven of malice and 
'•wickedness, that we may always 


serve thee in pureness of living and 
truth; through the merits of the same, 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 John v. 4. 
HATSOEVER is born of 
God d^ercometh the world ; 
and this is the victory that overcom- 
eth the world, even our faith. Who 
is he that overcometh the world, but 
he that believeth that Jesus is the 
Son of God ? This is he that came 
by water and blood, even Jesus 
Christ; not by water only, but by 
water and blood. And it is the 
Spirit that beareth witness, because 
the Spirit is truth. For there are 
three that bear record in heaven, 
the Father, the Word, and the Holy 
Ghost: and these three are one. 
And there are three that bear wit¬ 
ness in earth, the spirit, and the 
water, and the blood: and these 
three agree in one. If we receive 
the witness of men, the witness of 
God is greater : for this is the wit¬ 
ness of God which he hath testified 
of his Son. He that believeth on 
the Son of God hath the witness 
in himself: he that believeth not 
God hath made him a liar, because 
he believeth not the record that God 
gave of his Son. And this is the 
record, that God hath given to us 
eternal life ; and this life is in his 
Son. He that hath the Son hath 
life ; and he that hath not the Son 
of God hath not life. 

The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. 
HE same day at evening, being 
the first day of the w T eek, when 
the doors were shut where the dis¬ 
ciples were assembled for fear of the 
Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the 
midst, and saith unto them, Peace 
be unto you ! And when he had so 
said, he showed unto them his hands 
and his side. Then were the disci¬ 
ples glad when they saw the Lord. 
Then said Jesus to them again, 
Peace be unto you! as my Father 







THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 


73 


hath sent me, even so send I you. 
And when he had said this, he 
breathed on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Hriy Ghost. 
Whosesoever sins ye remit,they are 
remitted unto them; and whosesoev¬ 
er sins ye retain, they are retained. 

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who hast 
given thine only Son to be 
unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and 
also an ensample of godly life; Give 
us grace that we may always most 
thankfully receive that his inestima¬ 
ble benefit, and also daily endeavour 
ourselves to follow the blessed steps 
of his most holy life; through the 
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 19. 

T HIS is thank-worthy, if a man 
for conscience toward God 
endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 
For what glory is it, if, when ye be 
buffeted for your faults, ye shall 
take it patiently ? But if, when ye 
do well, and suffer for it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. For even hereunto were ye 
called; because Christ also suffered 
for us, leaving us an example, that 
ye should follow his steps: Who 
did no sin, neither was guile found 
in his mouth : who, when he was 
reviled, reviled not again ; when he 
suffered, he threatened not ; but 
committed himself toHim that judg- 
eth righteously: who his own self 
bare our sins in his own body on the 
tree, that we, being dead to sins, 
should live unto righteousness : by 
whose stripes ye were healed. For 
ye were as sheep going astray ; but 
are now returned unto the Shepherd 
and Bishop of your souls. 

The Gospel. St.Johnx.il. 
ESUS said, I am the good shep¬ 
herd : the good shepherd giveth 
K 


his life for the sheep. But he that 
is an hireling, and not the shepherd, 
whose own the sheep are not, seeth 
the wolf coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf 
catcheth them, and scattereth the 
sheep. The hireling fleeth, because 
he is an hireling, and careth not for 
the sheep. I am the good shepherd, 
and know my sheep, and am known 
of mine. As the Father knoweth 
me, even so know I the Father: 
and I lay down my fife for the sheep. 
And other sheep I have, which are 
not of this fold: them also I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice; 
and there shall be one fold,and one 
shepherd. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who show- 
est to them that are in error 
the light of thy truth, to the intent 
that they may return into the way 
of righteousness ; Grant unto all 
those who are admitted into the fel¬ 
lowship ofChrist’sReligion,that they 
may avoid those things that are con¬ 
trary to their profession, and follow 
all such things as are agreeable to 
the same; through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11. 
EARLY beloved, I beseech 
you as strangers and pilgrims, 
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war 
against the soul; having your con¬ 
versation honest among the Gentiles: 
that,whereas they speak against you 
as evil-doers, they may by your good 
works, which they shall behold, glo¬ 
rify God in the day of visitation. 
Submit yourselves to every ordi¬ 
nance of man for the Lord’s sake; 
whether it be to the king, as su¬ 
preme ; or unto governors, as unto 
them that are sent by him for the 
punishment of evil-doers, and for tire 





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74 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 


praise of them that do well. For so 
is the will of God, that with well¬ 
doing ye may put to silence the ig¬ 
norance of foolish men : as free, 
and not using your liberty for a 
cloak of maliciousness, but as the 
servants of God. Honour all men. 
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. 
Honour the king. 

The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. 
ESUS said to his disciples, A 
little while, and ye shall not see 
me; and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me, because I go to the 
Father. Then said some of his dis¬ 
ciples among themselves, What is 
this that he saith unto us, A little 
while, and ye shall not see me; 
and again, a little while, and ye shall 
see me; and, Because I go to the 
Father ? They said therefore, What 
is this that he saith, A little while ? 
we cannot tell what he saith. Now 
Jesus knew that they were desirous 
to ask him, and said unto them, Do 
ye inquire among yourselves of that 
I said, A little while, and ye shall 
not see me; and again, a little while, 
and ye shall see me? Yerily, verily, 
I say unto you, that ye shall weep 
and lament, but the world shall re¬ 
joice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but 
your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
A woman when she is in travail 
hath sorrow, because her hour is 
come: but as soon as she is deli¬ 
vered of the child, she remembereth 
no more the anguish, for joy that a 
man is born into the world. And 
ye now therefore have sorrow: but 
I will see you again, and your heart 
shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
taketh from you. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who alone 
canst order the unruly wills 
and affections of sinful men; Grant 


unto thy people, that they may love 
the thing which thou commandest, 
and desire that which thou dost pro¬ 
mise ; that so, among the sundry 
and manifold changes of the world, 
our hearts may surely there be 
fixed, where true joys are to be 
found; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. St. James i. 17. 
VERY good gift and every 
perfect gift is from above, and 
cometh down from the Father of 
Lights with whom is no variablenss, 
neither shadow of turning. Of his 
own will begat he us with the Word 
of truth, that we should be a kind 
of first-fruits of his creatures. 
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let 
every man be swift to hear, slow to 
speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath 
of man worketh not the righteous¬ 
ness of God. Wherefore lay apart 
all filthiness and superfluity of 
naughtiness, and receive with meek¬ 
ness the ingrafted Word, which is 
able to save your souls. 

The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. 
ESUS said unto his disciples, 
Now I go my way to Him that 
sent me; and none of you asketh 
me, Whither goest thou? But be¬ 
cause I have said these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 
Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it 
is expedient for you that I go away: 
for if I go not away, the Comforter 
will not come unto you; but if I de¬ 
part, I will send him unto you. And 
when he is come, he will reprove the 
world of sin, and of righteousness, 
and of judgment: of sin, because 
they believe not on me; of right¬ 
eousness, because I go to my Father, 
and ye see me no more; of judg¬ 
ment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. I have yet many 
things to say unto you, but ye can¬ 
not bear them now. Howbeit, when 
he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he 






75 


THE ASCENSION-DAY. 


will guide you into all truth: for he 
shall not speak of himself; but 
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall 
he speak: and he will show you 
things to come. He shall glorify 
me: for he shall receive of mine, 
and shall show it unto you. All 
things that the Father hath are 
mine: therefore said I, that he shall 
take of mine, and shall show it 
unto you. 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER 
EASTER. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, from whom all good 
things do come; Grant to us 
thy humble servants, that by thy 
holy inspiration we may think those 
tnings that are good, and by thy 
merciful guiding may perform the 
same; through our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 

The Epistle. St. James i. 22. 

E ye doers of the Word and not 
hearers only, deceiving your 
own selves. For if any be a hearer 
of the Word, and not a doer, he is 
like unto a man beholding his natu¬ 
ral face in a glass: For he behold- 
eth himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner 
of man he was. But whoso look- 
eth into the perfect law of liberty, 
and continueth therein, he being 
not a forgetful hearer, but a doer 
of the work, this man shall be 
blessed in his deed. If any man 
among you seem to be religious, and 
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth 
his own heart, this man’s religion is 
vain. Pure religion and undefiled 
before God and the Father is this, 
To visit the fatherless and widows 
in their affliction, and to keep him¬ 
self unspotted from the world. 

The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. 
ERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father in my Name, he will give it 


you. Hitherto have ye asked no¬ 
thing in my Name: ask, and ye 
shall receive, that your joy may be 
full. These things have I spoken 
unto you in proverbs: the time 
cometh when I shall no more speak 
unto you in proverbs, but I shall 
show you plainly of the Father. At 
that day ye shall ask in my Name: 
and I say not unto you, that I will 
pray the Father for you; for the 
Father himself loveth you, because 
ye have loved me, and have believed 
that I came out from God. I came 
forth from the Father, and am come 
into the world: again, I leave the 
world, and go to the Father. His 
disciples said unto him, Lo, now 
speakest thou plainly, and speakest 
no proverb. Now are we sure that 
thou knowest all things, and needest 
not that any man should ask thee: 
by this we believe that thou earnest 
forth from God. Jesus answered 
them, Do ye now believe ? Behold, 
the hour cometh, yea, is now come, 
that ye shall be scattered, every man 
to his own, and shall leave me alone: 
and yet I am not alone, because the 
Father is with me. These things I 
have spoken unto you, that in me ye 
might have peace. In the world ye 
shall have tribulation; but be of good 
cheer, I have overcome the world. 


THE ASCENSION-DAY. 

The Collect. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Al¬ 
mighty God, that like as we 
do believe thy only-begotten Son 
our Lord Jesus Christ to have as¬ 
cended into the heavens ; so we may 
also in heart and mind thither as¬ 
cend, and with him continually 
dwell, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts i. 1. 

HE former treatise have I made, 
O Theophilus, of all that 










76 SUNDAY AFTER 

Jesus began both to do and teach, 
until the day in which he was taken 
up, after that he through the Holy 
Ghost had given commandments 
unto the Apostles whom he had 
chosen: to whom also he showed 
himself alive after his passion by 
many infallible proofs, being seen of 
them forty days, and speaking of the 
things pertaining to the Kingdom 
of God: and, being assembled to¬ 
gether with them, commanded them 
that they should not depart from 
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise 
of the Father, which, saith he, ye 
have heard of me. For John truly 
baptized with water; but ye shall 
be baptized with the Holy Ghost 
not many days hence. When they 
therefore were come together, they 
asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou 
at this time restore again the king¬ 
dom to Israel ? And he said unto 
them, It is not for you to know the 
times or the seasons, which the Fa¬ 
ther hath put in his own power. 
But ye shall receive power, after 
that the Holy Ghost is come upon 
you; and ye shall be witnesses unto 
me both in Jerusalem, and in all 
Judea, and in Samaria, and unto 
the uttermost part of the earth. And 
when he had spoken these things, 
while they beheld, he was taken up; 
and a cloud received him out of their 
sight. And while they looked stead¬ 
fastly toward heaven as he went 
up, behold, two men stood by them 
in white apparel; which also said, 
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye 
gazing up into heaven ? This same 
Jesus, which is taken up from you 
into heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go into 
heaven. 

The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14. 

J ESUS appeared unto the eleven 
as they sat at meat, and up¬ 
braided them with their unbelief and 
hardness of heart, because they be- 


ASCENSION-DAY. 

lieved not them which had seen him 
after he was risen. And he said unto 
them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the Gospel to every creature. 
He that believeth and is baptized 
shall be saved; but he that believeth 
not shall be damned. And these 
signs shall follow them that believe; 
In my Name shall they cast out 
devils; they shall speak with new 
tongues; they shall take up ser¬ 
pents ; and if they drink any deadly 
thing, it shall not hurt them; they 
shall lay hands on the sick, and they 
shall recover. So then after the 
Lord had spoken unto them, he was 
received up into heaven, and sat on 
the right hand of God. And they 
went forth, and preached every 
where, the Lord working with them, 
and confirming the Word with signs 
following. 

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAY. 

The Collect . 

GOD the King of glory, who 
hast exalted thine only Son 
Jesus Christ with great triumph unto 
thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech 
thee leave us not comfortless; but 
send to us thine Holy Ghost to com¬ 
fort us, and exalt us unto the same 
place whither our Saviour Christ is 
gone before, wholiveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7. 
HE end of all things is at hand; 
be ye therefore sober, and watch 
unto prayer. And above all things 
have fervent charity among your¬ 
selves; for charity shall cover the 
multitude of sins. Use hospitality 
one to another without grudging. 
As every man hath received the gift, 
even so minister the same one to 
another, as good stewards of the 
manifold grace of God. If any man 
speak, let him speak as the oracles of 
God ; if any man minister, let him 






WHITSUNDAY. 


77 


do it as of the ability which God 
giveth; that God in all things may 
be glorified through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be praise and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and 
part of the 1 bth Chapter. 

W HEN the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you 
from the Father, even the Spirit of 
Truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me. And 
ye also shall bear witness, because ye 
have been with me from the begin¬ 
ning. These things have I spoken 
unto you, that ye should not be of¬ 
fended. They shall put you out of 
the synagogues: yea, the time 
cometh, that whosoever killeth you 
will think that he doeth God service. 
And these things will they do unto 
you, because they have not known 
the Father, nor me. But these things 
have I told you, that when the time 
shall come, ye may remember that I 
told you of them. 

WHITSUNDAY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who as at this time 
didst teach the hearts of thy 
faithful people, by sending to them 
the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant 
us by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and ever¬ 
more to rejoice in his holy comfort; 
through the merits of Christ Jesus 
our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee, in the unity of the same 
Spirit, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1. 
HEN the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all 
with one accord in one place. And 
suddenly there came a sound from 
heaven, as of a rushing mighty 
wind, and it filled all the house 
where they were sitting. And there 
appeared unto them cloven tongues 


| like as of fire, and it sat upon each 
of them. And they were all filled 
with the Holy Ghost, and began to 
speak with other tongues, as the Spi¬ 
rit gave them utterance. And there 
were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews 
devout men, out of every nation un 
der heaven. Now when this was 
noised abroad, the multitude came 
together, and were confounded, be¬ 
cause that every man heard them 
speak in his own language. And 
they were all amazed, and marvelled, 
saying one to another, Behold, are 
not all these which speak, Gali¬ 
leans? And how hear w T e every 
man in our own tongue, wherein we 
were born ? Parthians, and Medes, 
and Elamites, and the dwellers in 
Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and 
Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, 
and in the parts of Lybia about Cy- 
rene, and strangers of Rome, Jews 
and Proselytes, Cretes and Ara¬ 
bians, we do hear them speak in our 
tongues the wonderful works of 
God. 

The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15. 
ESUS said unto his disciples, If 
ye love me, keep my com¬ 
mandments. And I will pray the 
Father, and he shall give you ano¬ 
ther Comforter, that he may abide 
with you for ever; even the Spirit 
ofTruth, whom the world cannot 
receive, because it seeth him not, 
neither knoweth him: but ye know 
him; for he dwelletli with you, and 
shall be in you. I will not leave 
you comfortless; I will come to you. 
Yet a little while, and the world 
seeth me no more; but ye see me: 
because I live, ye shall live also. At 
that day ye shall know that I am 
in my Father, and ye in me, and I 
in you. He that hath my com¬ 
mandments, and keepeth them, he it 
is that loveth me ; and he that loveth 
me shall be loved of my Father, 







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and I will love him, and will mani¬ 
fest myself to him. Judas saith unto 
him, (not Iscariot) Lord, how is it 
that thou wilt manifest thyself unto 
us, and not unto the world ? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, If a 
man love me,he will keep my words; 
and my Father will love him, and 
we will come unto him, and make 
our abode with him. He that loveth 
me not, keepeth not my sayings; 
and the word which ye hear is not 
mine, but the Father’s which sent 
me. These things have I spoken 
unto you, being yet present with 
you. But the Comforter, which is 
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father 
will send in my Name, he shall teach 
you all things, and bring all things 
to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. Peace I leave 
with you, my peace I give unto you: 
not as the world giveth, give I unto 
you. Let not your heart be troubled, 
neither let it be afraid. Ye have 
heard how I said unto you, I go 
away, and come again unto you. 
If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, be¬ 
cause I said, I go unto the Father : 
for my Father is greater than I. And 
now I have told you before it come 
to pass, that when it is come to pass, 
ye might believe. Hereafter I will 
not talk much with you : for the 
prince of this world cometh, and 
hath nothing in me. But that the 
world may know that I love the Fa¬ 
ther ; and as the Father gave me 
commandment, even so I do. 

MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who as at this time didst 
teach the hearts of thy faith¬ 
ful people, by sending to them the 
light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us 
by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and ever¬ 
more to rejoice in his holy comfort; 
through the merits of Christ Jesus 


our Saviour, who liveth and reign 
eth with thee, in the unity of the 
same Spirit, one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. 
HEN Peter opened his mouth, 
and said, Of a truth I perceive 
that God is no respecter of persons ; 
but in every nation he that feareth 
him, and worketh righteousness, is 
accepted with him. The Word 
which God sent unto the children of 
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ, (he is Lord of all,) that 
Word, I say, ye know, which was 
published throughout all Judea, and 
began from Galilee, after the baptism 
which John preached: how God 
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with 
the Holy Ghost, and with power: 
who went about doing good, and 
healing all that were oppressed of 
the devil; for God was with him. 
And we are witnesses of all things 
which he did both in the land of 
the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree. 
Him God raised up the third day, 
and showed him openly ; not to all 
the people, but unto witnesses chosen 
before of God, even to us, who did 
eat and drink with him,after he rose 
from the dead. And he command¬ 
ed us to preach unto the people, and 
to testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the judge of 
Quick and dead. To him give all 
the Prophets witness, that through 
his Name whosoever believeth in 
him shall receive remission of sins. 
While Peter yet spake these words, 
the HolyGhost fell on all them which 
heard the word. And they of the 
circumcision which believed, were 
astonished, as many as came with 
Peter, because that on the Gentiles 
also was poured out the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. For they heard them 
speak with tongues, and magnify 
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any man forbid water, that these 
should not be baptized, which have 
received the Holy Ghost as well as 
we ? And he commanded them to 
be baptized in the Name of the Lord. 
Then prayed they him to tarry cer¬ 
tain days. 

The Gospel. St. John iii. 16. 
OD so loved the world, that he 
gave his only-begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlast¬ 
ing life. For God sent not his Son 
into the world to condemn the world; 
but that the world through him 
might be saved. He that believeth 
on him is not condemned; but he 
that believeth not is condemned al¬ 
ready, because he hath not believed 
in the Name of the only-begotten 
Son of God. And this is the con¬ 
demnation, that light is come into 
the world, and men loved darkness 
rather than light, because their deeds 
were evil. For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, neither cometh 
to the light, lest his deeds should be 
reproved. But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that his deeds 
may be made manifest, that they 
are wrought in God. 

TUESDAY IN WIIITSUN-WEEK. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who as at this time didst 
teach the hearts of thy faith¬ 
ful people, by sending to them the 
light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us 
by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore 
to rejoice in his holy comfort; through 
the merits of Christ Jesus our Sav¬ 
iour, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14. 
HEN the Apostles, which 
were at Jerusalem heard that 
Samaria had received the word of 
God, they sent unto them Peter and 


John: Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they 
might receive the Holy Ghost. (For 
as yet he was fallen upon none ol 
them; only they were baptized in 
the Name of the Lord Jesus.) Then 
laid they their hands on them, and 
they received the Holy Ghost. 

The Gospel. St. John x. 1. 
ERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
He that entereth not by the 
door into the sheepfold, but climb- 
eth up some other way, the same is 
a thief and a robber. But he that 
entereth in by the door is the shep¬ 
herd of the sheep. To him the 
porter openeth ; and the sheep hear 
his voice; and he calleth his own 
sheep by name, and leadeth them 
out. And when he putteth forth 
his own sheep, he goeth before them, 
and the sheep follow him ; for they 
know his voice. And a stranger 
will they not follow, but will flee 
from him ; for they know not the 
voice of strangers. This parable 
spake Jesus unto them; but they 
understood not what things they 
were which he spake unto them. 
Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am 
the door of the sheep. All that ever 
came before me are thieves and rob¬ 
bers ; but the sheep did not hear 
them. I am the door; by me if 
any man enter in, he shall be saved, 
and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. The thief cometh not, but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to de¬ 
stroy : I am come that they might 
have life, and that they might have 
it more abundantly. 

TRINITY-SUNDAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who hast given unto us 
thy servants grace, by the confession 
of a true faith, to acknowledge the 
glory of the eternal Trinity, and in 










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the power of the Divine Majesty to 
worship the Unity; We beseech thee 
that thou wouldest keep us steadfast 
in this faith, and evermore defend 
us from all adversities, who livest 
and reignest, one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Rev. iv. 1. 
FTER this I looked, and be¬ 
hold, a door was opened in 
heaven : and the first voice which I 
heard was as it were of a trumpet 
talking with me; which said, Come 
up hither, and I will show thee things 
which must be hereafter. And im¬ 
mediately I was in the Spirit: and 
behold, a throne was set in heaven, 
and One sat on the throne ; and He 
that sat was to look upon like a jas¬ 
per and a sardine stone : and there 
was a rainbow round about the 
throne, in sight like unto an eme¬ 
rald. And round about the throne 
were four and twenty seats : and 
upon the seats I saw four and twenty 
elders sitting, clothed in white rai¬ 
ment ; and they had on their heads 
crowns of gold. And out of the 
throne proceeded lightnings, and 
thunderings, and voices. And there 
were seven lamps of fire burning 
before the throne, which are the se¬ 
ven Spirits of God. And before the 
throne there was a sea of glass like 
unto crystal. And in the midst of 
the throne, and round about the 
throne, were four beasts full of eyes 
before and behind. And the first 
beast was like a lion, and the second 
beast like a calf, and the third beast 
had a face as a man, and the fourth 
beast was like a flying eagle. And 
the four beasts had each of them six 
wings about him; and they were 
full of eyes within; and they rest not 
day and night, saying, Holy, holy, 
holy, Lord God Almighty, which 
was, and is, and is to come. And 
when those beasts give glory, and 
honour, and thanks to Him that sat 


on the throne, who liveth for ever 
and ever, the four and twenty elders 
fall down before Him that sat on the 
throne, and worship Him that liveth 
for ever and ever, and cast their 
crowns before the throne, saving, 
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive 
glory, and honour, and power ; for 
thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure they are, and were cre¬ 
ated. 

The Gospel . St. John iii. 1. 
HERE was a man of the Pha¬ 
risees, named Nicodemus, a ru¬ 
ler of the Jews : the same came to 
Jesus by night, and said unto him, 
Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God : for no 
man can do these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be with him. Je¬ 
sus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,Except 
a man be born again, he cannot see 
the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus 
saith unto him, How can a man be 
born when he is old ? can he enter 
the second time into his mother’s 
womb, and be born ? Jesus answer¬ 
ed, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
Kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou 
hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth: so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. Nicode¬ 
mus answered and said unto him, 
How can these things be? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Art 
thou a master of Israel, and know- 
est not these things ? Verily, verily, 
I say unto thee, We speak that we 
do know, and testify that we have 
seen; and ye receive not our witness. 
If I have told you earthly things, 





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and ye believe not, how shall ye 
believe, if I tell you of heavenly 
things ? And no man hath ascend¬ 
ed up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son of 
Man which is in heaven. And as 
Moses lifted up the serpent in the 
wilderness, even so must the Son of 
Man be lifted up; that whosoever 
believeth in him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. 


THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, the strength of all those 
who put their trust in thee; 
Mercifully accept our prayers: and 
because, through the weakness of 
our mortal nature, we can do no 
good thing without thee, grant us 
the help of thy grace, that in keep¬ 
ing thy commandments we may 
please thee, both in will and deed; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Johniv. 7. 
ELOVED, let us love one an¬ 
other ; for love is of God, and 
every one that loveth is born of God, 
and knoweth God. He that loveth 
not knoweth not God ; for God is 
love. In this was manifested the 
love of God towards us, because that 
God sent his only-begotten Son into 
the world, that we might live through 
him. Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, and 
sent his Son to be the propitiation for 
our sins. Beloved, if God so loved 
us, we ought also to love one anoth¬ 
er. No man hath seen God at any 
time. If we love one another, God 
dwelleth in us, and his love is per¬ 
fected in us. Hereby know we that 
we dwell in him, and he in us ; be¬ 
cause he hath given us of his Spirit. 
And we have seen and do testify 
that the Father sent the Son to be 

L 


the Saviour of the world. Whoso¬ 
ever shall confess that Jesus is the 
Son of God, God dwelleth in him, 
and he in God. And we have 
known and believed the love that 
God hath to us. God is love ; and 
he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in 
God, and God in him. Herein is 
our love made perfect, that we may 
have boldness in the day of judg¬ 
ment ; because as he is, so are we 
in this world. There is no fear in 
love; but perfect love casteth out 
fear : because fear hath torment. 
He that feareth is not made perfect 
in love. We love him, because he 
first loved us. If a man say, I love 
God, and hateth his brother, he is a 
liar : for he that loveth not his bro¬ 
ther whom he hath seen, how can 
he love God whom he hath not 
seen ? And this commandment have 
we from him, That he who loveth 
God love his brother also. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 19. 
HERE was a certain rich man, 
which was clothed in purple and 
fine linen, and fared sumptuously 
every day. And there was a certain 
beggar named Lazarus,which was 
laid at his gate, full of sores, and 
desiring to be fed with the crumbs 
which fell from the rich man’s table: 
moreover, the dogs came and licked 
his sores. And it came to pass,that 
the beggar died, and was carried by 
the angels into Abraham’s bosom. 
The rich man also died, and was 
buried ; and in hell he lifted up his 
eyes, being in torments, and seeth 
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
his bosom. And he cried and said, 
Father Abraham, have mercy on 
me, and send Lazarus, that he may 
dip the tip of his finger in water, 
and cool my tongue; for I am tor¬ 
mented in this flame. But Abra¬ 
ham said, Son, remember that thou 
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil 








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things; but now he is comforted, 
and thou art tormented. And be¬ 
side ail this, between us and you 
there is a great gulf fixed: so that 
they which would pass from hence 
to you cannot; neither can they pass 
to us, that would come from thence. 
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, 
father, that thou wouldest send him 
to my father’s house: for I have five 
brethren; that he may testify unto 
them, lest they also come into this 
place of torment. Abraham saith 
unto him, They have Moses and the 
Prophets; let them hear them. And 
he said, Nay, father Abraham; but 
if one went unto them from the dead, 
they will repent. And he said unto 
him, If they hear not Moses and the 
Prophets, neither will they be per¬ 
suaded though one rose from the 
dead. 


THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

LORD, who never failest to 
help and govern those whom 
thou dost bring up in thy steadfast 
fear and love; Keep us, we beseech 
thee, under the protection of thy good 
providence, and make us to have a 
perpetual fear and love of thy holy 
Name; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. John iii. 13. 
ARYEL not, my brethren, if 
the world hate you. We 
know that we have passed from 
death unto life, because we love the 
brethren. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. Whoso¬ 
ever hateth his brother is a mur¬ 
derer : and ye know that no mur¬ 
derer hath eternal life abiding in 
him. Hereby perceive we the love 
of God, because he laid down his 
life for us: and we ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. 


But whoso hath this world’s good, 
and seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his bowels of compassion 
from him, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him ? My little children, let 
us not love in word, neither in 
tongue; but in deed and in truth. 
And hereby we know that we are of 
the truth, and shall assure our hearts 
before him. For if our heart con¬ 
demn us, God is greater than our 
heart, and knoweth all things. Be¬ 
loved, if our heart condemn us not, 
then have we confidence toward 
God. And whatsoever we ask, we 
receive of him, because we keep his 
commandments, and do those things 
that are pleasing in his sight. And 
this is his commandment, That we 
should believe on the Name of his 
Son Jesus Christ, and love one ano¬ 
ther, as he gave us commandment. 
And he that keepeth his command¬ 
ments dwelleth in him, and he in 
him. And hereby we know that he 
abideth in us, by the Spirit which he 
hath given us. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16. 
CERTAIN man made a great 
supper, and bade many; and 
sent his servant at supper-time, to 
say to them that were bidden, Come, 
for all things are now ready. And 
they all with one consent began to 
make excuse. The first said unto 
him, I have bought a piece of 
ground, and I must needs go and 
see it; I pray thee have me ex¬ 
cused. And another said, I have 
bought five yoke of oxen, and I go 
to prove them; I pray thee have me 
excused. And another said, I have 
married a wife, and therefore I can¬ 
not come. So that servant came, 
and showed his lord these things. 
Then the master of the house being 
angry said to his servant, Go out 
quickly into the streets and lanes of 
the city, and bring in hither the poor, 
and the maimed, and the halt, and 







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the blind. And the servant said. 
Lord, it is done as thou hast com¬ 
manded, and yet there is room. And 
the lord said unto the servant, Go 
out into the highways and hedges, 
and compel them to come in, that 
my house may be filled. Fori say 
unto you, that none of those men 
which were bidden shall taste of 
my supper. 


THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, we beseech thee mer¬ 
cifully to hear us; and grant 
that we, to whom thou hast given 
an hearty desire to pray, may, by 
thy mighty aid, be defended and 
comforted in all dangers and adver¬ 
sities ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter v. 5. 
LL of you be subject one to 
another, and be clothed with 
humility: for God resisteth the proud, 
and giveth grace to the humble. 
Humble yourselves therefore under 
the mighty hand of God, that he 
may exalt you in due time; casting 
all you care upon him, for he careth 
for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because 
your adversary the devil, as a roaring 
lion, walketh about, seeking whom 
he may devour: whom resist stead¬ 
fast in the faith, knowing that the 
same afflictions are accomplished in 
your brethren that are in the world. 
But the God of all grace, who hath 
called us unto his eternal glory by 
Christ Jesus, after that ye have suf¬ 
fered awhile, make you perfect, stab- 
lish, strengthen, settle you. To him 
be glory and dominion for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1. 
HEN drew near unto him all 
the publicans and sinners for 
to hear him. And the Pharisees and 


Scribes murmured, saying, This 
man receiveth sinners, and eateth 
with them. And he spake this par¬ 
able unto them, saying, What man 
of you having an hundred sheep, if 
he lose one of them, doth not leave 
the ninety and nine in the wilder¬ 
ness, and go after that which is lost, 
until he find it ? And when he hath 
found it, he layeth it on his shoul¬ 
ders, rejoicing. And when he cometh 
home, he calleth together his friends 
and neighbours, saying unto them, 
Rejoice with me; for I have found 
my sheep which was lost. I say un¬ 
to you, that likewise joy shall be in 
heaven over one sinner that repent- 
eth, more than over ninety and nine 
just persons, which need no repent¬ 
ance. Either what woman having 
ten pieces of silver, if she lose one 
piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently 
till she find it ? And when she hath 
found it, she calleth her friends and 
her neighbours together, saying, Re¬ 
joice with me; for I have found the 
piece which I had lost. Likewise, I 
say unto you, there is joy in the 
presence of the Angels of God over 
one sinner that repenteth. 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER, 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, the protector of all that 
trust in thee, without whom 
nothing is strong, nothing is holy; 
Increase and multiply upon us thy 
mercy; that, thou being our ruler 
and guide, we may so pass through 
things temporal, that we finally lose 
not the things eternal. Grant this, 
O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s 
sake our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. viii. 18. 
RECKON that the sufferings of 
this present time are not worthy 
to be compared with the glory which 








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shall be revealed in us. For the 
earnest expectation of the creature 
waiteth for the manifestation of the 
sons of God. For the creature was 
made subject to vanity, not willingly, 
but by reason of Him who hath sub¬ 
jected the same, in hope, because 
the creature itself also shall be deli¬ 
vered from the bondage of corrup¬ 
tion into the glorious liberty of the 
children of God. For we know that 
the whole creation groaneth and tra- 
vaileth in pain together until now. 
And not only they, but ourselves also, 
which have the first-fruits of the 
Spirit, even we ourselves groan 
within ourselves, waiting for the 
adoption, to wit, the redemption of 
our body. 

The Gospel. St. Luke vi. 36. 

E ye therefore merciful, as your 
Father also is merciful. Judge 
not, and ye shall not be judged: con¬ 
demn not, and ye shall not be con¬ 
demned: forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven: give, and it shall be given 
unto you; good measure, pressed 
down, and shaken together, and 
running over, shall men give into 
your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal it shall 
be measured to you again. And he 
spake a parable unto them, Can 
the blind lead the blind ? shall they 
not both fall into the ditch ? The 
disciple is not above his master; but 
every one that is perfect shall be as 
his master. And why beholdest thou 
the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, 
but perceivest not the beam that is 
In thine own eye ? Either how canst 
thou say to thy brother, Brother, let 
me pull out the mote that is in thine 
eye, when thou thyself beholdest 
not the beam that is in thine own 
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first 
the beam out of thine own eye, and 
then shalt thou see clearly to pull 
out the mote that is in thy brother’s 
eye. 


THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

RANT, O Lord, we beseech 
thee, that the course of this 
world may be so peaceably ordered 
by thy governance, that thy Church 
may joyfully serve thee in all godly 
quietness; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 8. 

E ye all of one mind, having 
compassion one of another; 
love as brethren, be pitiful, be cour¬ 
teous ; not rendering evil for evil, or 
railing for railing; but contrariwise, 
blessing, knowing that ye are there¬ 
unto called, that ye should inherit a 
blessing. For he that will love life, 
and see good days, let him refrain 
his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile: let him 
eschew evil, and do good; let him 
seek peace, and ensue it. For the 
eyes of the Lord are over the right¬ 
eous, and his ears are open unto their 
prayers: but the face of the Lord i3 
against them that do evil. And 
who is he that will harm you, if ye 
be followers of that which is good ? 
But and if ye suffer for righteous¬ 
ness’ sake, happy are ye: and be 
not afraid of then* terror, neither be 
troubled; but sanctify the Lord God 
in your hearts. 

The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. 

T came to pass, that, as the peo¬ 
ple pressed upon him to hear the 
word of God, he stood by the lake of 
Gennesaret,and saw two ships stand¬ 
ing by the lake; but the fishermen 
were gone out of them, and were 
washing their nets. And he entered 
into one of the ships, which was 
Simon’s, and prayed him that he 
would thrust out a little from the 
land. And he sat down, and taught 
the people out of the ship. Now, 
when he had left speaking, he said 






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unto Simon, Launch out into the 
deep, and let down your nets for a 
draught. And Simon answering 
said unto him, Master, we have toil¬ 
ed all the night, and have taken no¬ 
thing ; nevertheless at thy word I 
will let down the net. And when 
they had this done, they enclosed a 
great multitude of fishes; and their 
net brake. And they beckoned unto 
their partners, which were in the 
other ship, that they should come 
and help them. And they came, 
and filled both the ships, so that 
they began to sink. When Simon 
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ 
knees, saying, Depart from me;for I 
am a sinful man, O Lord. For he 
was astonished, and all that were 
with him, at the draught of the fishes 
which they had taken; and so was 
also James, and John, the sons of 
Zebedee, which were partners with 
Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, 
Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt 
catch men. And when they had 
brought their ships to land, they for¬ 
sook all, and followed him. 


THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, who hast prepared for 
those who love thee such good 
things as pass man’s understanding ; 
Pour into our hearts such love to¬ 
ward thee, that we, loving thee 
above all things, may obtain thy 
promises, which exceed all that we 
can desire; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. 
NOW ye not, that so many of 
us as were baptized into Je¬ 
sus Christ were baptized into his 
death? Therefore we are buried 
with him by baptism into death; 
that like as Christ was raised up 
from the dead by the glory of the 


Father, even so we also should walk 
in newness of life. For if we have 
been planted together in the likeness 
of his death, we shall be also in the 
likeness of his resurrection : know¬ 
ing this, that our old man is cru¬ 
cified with him, that the body of sin 
might be destroyed, that henceforth 
we should not serve sin. For he 
that is dead is freed from sin. Now 
if we be dead with Christ, we believe 
that we shall also live with him: 
knowing that Christ being raised 
from the dead, dieth no more; death 
hath no more dominion over him. 
For in that he died, he died unto 
sin once; but in that he liveth, he 
liveth unto God. Likewise reckon 
ye also yourselves to be dead indeed 
unto sin; but alive unto God, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. 
ESUS said unto his disciples, Ex¬ 
cept your righteousness shall ex¬ 
ceed the righteousness of the Scribes 
and Pharisees, ye shall in no case 
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 
Ye have heard that it was said by 
them of old time, Thou shalt not 
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall 
be in danger of the judgment. But 
I say unto you,That whosoever is 
angry with his brother without a 
cause, shall be in danger of the judg¬ 
ment : and whosoever shall say to 
his brother, Raca, shall be in dan¬ 
ger of the council: but whosoever 
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in 
danger of hell-fire. Therefore if 
thou bring thy gift to the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy brother 
hath aught against thee, leave there 
thy gift before the altar, and go thy 
way; first be reconciled to thy brother, 
and then come and offer thy gift. 
Agree with thine adversary quickly, 
whiles thou art in the way with 
him; lest at any time the adversary 
deliver thee to the judge, and the* 
judge deliver thee to the officer, and 






86 


THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


thou be cast into prison. Verily I 
say unto thee, Thou shalt by no 
means come out thence, till thou 
hast paid the uttermost farthing. 


THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

ORD of all power and might, 
who art the author and giver 
of all good things; Graft in our 
hearts the love of thy Name, increase 
in us true religion, nourish us with 
all goodness, and of thy great mercy 
keep us in the same; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. 
SPEAK after the manner of 
men, because of the infirmity of 
your flesh: for as ye have yielded 
your members servants to unclean¬ 
ness and to iniquity, unto iniquity ; 
even so now yield your members 
servants to righteousness, unto holi¬ 
ness. For when ye were the ser¬ 
vants of sin, ye were free from right¬ 
eousness. What fruit had ye then 
in those things whereof ye are now 
ashamed ? for the end of those 
things is death. But now being 
made free from sin, and become ser¬ 
vants to God, ye have your fruit un¬ 
to holiness, and the end everlasting 
life. For the wages of sin is death ; 
but the gift of God is eternal life, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1. 

N those days the multitude being 
very great, and having nothing 
to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto 
him, and saitli unto them, I have 
compassion on the multitude, be¬ 
cause they have now been with me 
three days, and have nothing to eat: 
and if I send them away fasting to 
their own houses, they will faint by 
the way: for divers of them came 
from far. And his disciples answer¬ 
ed him. From whence can a man 


satisfy these men with bread here in 
the wilderness? And he asked them, 
How many loaves have ye ? And 
they said, Seven. And he com¬ 
manded the people to sit down on 
the ground : and he took the seven 
loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, 
and gave to his disciples to set before 
them ; and they did set them before 
the people. And they had a few 
small fishes ; and he blessed, and 
commanded to set them also before 
them. So they did eat, and were 
filled : and they took up of the 
broken meat that was left seven 
baskets. And they that had eaten 
were about four thousand. And he 
sent them away. 


THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, whose never failing pro¬ 
vidence ordereth all things 
both in heaven and earth ; We hum¬ 
bly beseech thee to put away from 
us all hurtful things, and to give us 
those things which are profitable for 
us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. viii. 12. 
RETHREN, we are debtors, 
not to the flesh, to live after 
the flesh. For if ye live after the 
flesh, ye shall die ; but if ye through 
the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the 
body, ye shall live. For as many 
as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. For ye have 
not received the spirit of bondage 
again to fear ; but ye have received 
the spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit it¬ 
self beareth witness with our spirit, 
that we are the children of God. 
And if children, then heirs ; heirs of 
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if 
so be that we suffer with him, that 
we may be also glorified together. 









THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. vii. 15. 

B EWARE of false prophets, 
which come to you in sheep’s 
clothing, but inwardly they are ra¬ 
vening wolves. Ye shall know them 
by their fruits. Do men gather grapes 
of thorns, or figs of thistles'? Even 
so every good tree bringeth forth good 
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot 
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a 
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Every tree that bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. Wherefore by their 
fruits ye shall know them. Not eve¬ 
ry one that saith unto me,Lord,Lord, 
shall enter into the Kingdom of hea¬ 
ven; but he that doeth the will of 
my Father which is in heaven. 

THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

RANT to us, Lord, we beseech 
thee, the spirit to think and 
do always such things as are right; 
that we, who cannot do any thing 
that is good without thee, may by 
thee be enabled to live according to 
thy will; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1. 
RETHREN, I would not that 
ye should be ignorant, how 
that all our fathers were under the 
cloud, and all passed through the 
sea ; and were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; 
and did all eat the same spiritual 
meat; and did all drink the same 
spiritual drink ; (for they drank of 
that spiritual Rock that followed 
them, and that Rock was Christ.) 
But with many of them God was 
not well pleased; for they were over¬ 
thrown in the wilderness. Now 
these things were our examples, to 
the intent we should not lust after 


87 

evil things, as they also lusted. 
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some 
of them; as it is written, The peo¬ 
ple sat down to eat and drink, and 
rose up to play. Neither let us com¬ 
mit fornication, as some of them 
committed, and fell in one day three 
and twenty thousand. Neither let 
us tempt Christ, as some of them 
also tempted, and were destroyed of 
serpents. Neither murmur ye, as 
some of them also murmured, and 
were destroyed of the destroyer. 
Now all these things happened unto 
them for examples : and they are 
written for our admonition, upon 
whom the ends of the world are 
come. Wherefore let him that think- 
eth he standeth take heed lest he 
fall. There hath no temptation 
taken you but such as is common 
to man: but God is faithful, who 
will not suffer you to be tempted 
above that ye are able; but will 
with the temptation also make a way 
to escape, that ye may be able to 
bear it. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1. 
ESUS said unto his disciples, 
There was a certain rich man, 
which had a steward; and the same 
was accused unto him that he had 
wasted his goods. And he called 
him, and said unto him, How is it 
that I hear this of thee ? give an 
account of thy stewardship; for thou 
mayest be no longer steward. Then 
the steward said within himself, 
What shall I do ? for my lord taketh 
away from me the stewardship: I 
cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 
I am resolved what to do, that,when 
I am put out of the stewardship, 
they may receive me into their hou¬ 
ses. So he called every one of his 
lord’s debtors unto him, and said un¬ 
to the first, How much owest thou 
unto my lord? And he said, An 
hundred measures of oil. And he 
said unto him, Take thy bill, and 







S8 THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


sit down quickly, and write fifty. 
Then said he to another, And how 
much owest thou ? And he said, An 
hundred measures of wheat. And 
he said unto him, Take thy bill, and 
write fourscore. And the lord com¬ 
mended the unjust steward, because 
he had done wisely : for the children 
of this world are in their generation 
wiser than the children of light. And 
I say unto you, Make to yourselves 
fiiends of the mammon of unright¬ 
eousness ; that when ye fail, they 
may receive you into everlasting hab¬ 
itations. 


THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, 
be open to the prayers of thy 
humble servants ; and that they 
may obtain their petitions make 
them to ask such things as shall 
please thee; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. 
CONCERNING spiritual gifts, 
brethren, I would not have you 
ignorant. Ye know that ye were 
Gentiles, carried away unto these 
dumb idols, even as ye were led. 
Wherefore I give you to understand, 
that no man speaking by the Spirit 
of God calleth Jesus accursed; and 
that no man can say that Jesus is 
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 
Now there are diversities of gifts, 
but the same Spirit. And there are 
differences of administrations, but 
the same Lord. And there are di¬ 
versities of operations, but it is the 
same God which worketh all in all. 
But the manifestation of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit with¬ 
al. For to one is given by the Spirit, 
the word of wisdom; to another, 
the word of knowledge, by the same 


Spirit; to another, faith, by the same 
Spirit; to another, the gifts of heal¬ 
ing by the same Spirit; to another, 
the working of miracles ; to another, 
prophecy; to another, discerning of 
spirits ; to another, divers kinds of 
tongues ; to another, the interpreta¬ 
tion of tongues. But all these work¬ 
eth that one and the self-same Spirit, 
dividing to every man severally as 
he will. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. 
ND when he was come near, 
he beheld the city, and wept 
over it, saying, If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, 
the things which belong unto thy 
peace ! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. For the days shall come 
upon thee, that thine enemies shall 
cast a trench about thee, and com¬ 
pass thee round, and keep thee in 
on every side, and shall lay thee 
even with the ground, and thy chil¬ 
dren within thee; and they shall 
not leave in thee one stone upon 
another; because thou knewest not 
the time of thy visitation. And he 
went into the temple, and began to 
cast out them that sold therein, and< 
them that bought; saying unto them, 
It is written, My house is the house 
of prayer; but ye have made it a 
den of thieves. And he taught 
daily in the temple. 

THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

O GOD, who declarest thy al¬ 
mighty power chiefly in show¬ 
ing mercy and pity; Mercifully 
grant unto us such a measure of thy 
grace, that we, running the way of 
thy commandments, may obtain thy 
gracious promises, and be made par¬ 
takers of thy heavenly treasure; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 









89 


THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. xv. 1. 

RETHREN, I declare unto 
you the Gospel which I preach¬ 
ed unto you, which also ye have re¬ 
ceived, and wherein ye stand ; by 
which also ye are saved, if ye keep 
in memory what I preached unto 
you, unless ye have believed in vain. 
For I delivered unto you first of all, 
that which I also received, how that 
Christ died for our sins according to 
the Scriptures ; and that he was 
buried, and that he rose again the 
third day according to the Scrip¬ 
tures. And that he was seen of Ce¬ 
phas, then of the twelve : after 
that, he was seen of above five 
hundred brethren at once; of whom 
the greater part remain unto this 
present, but some are fallen asleep. 
After that, he was seen of James; 
then of all the Apostles. And last 
of all he was seen of me also, as of 
one born out of due time. For I 
am the least of the Apostles, that am 
not meet to be called an Apostle, be¬ 
cause I persecuted the Church of 
God. But by the grace of God I 
am what I am: and his grace which 
was bestowed upon me was not in 
vain ; but I laboured more abund¬ 
antly than they all; yet not I, but 
the grace of God which was with 
me. Therefore whether it were I 
or they, so we preach, and so ye be¬ 
lieved. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9. 
ESUS spake this parable unto 
certain which trusted in them¬ 
selves that they were righteous, and 
despised others: Two men went up 
into the temple to pray ; the one a 
Pharisee, and the other a Publican. 
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus 
with himself, God, I thank thee, 
that I am not as other men are, ex¬ 
tortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even 
as this Publican. I fast twice in the 
week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 

M 


And the Publican,standing afar off, 
would not lift up so much as his eyes 
unto heaven, but smote upon his 
breast, saying, God be merciful to 
me a sinner ! I tell you, this man 
went down to his house justified ra¬ 
ther than the other: for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be abas¬ 
ed ; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 


THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who art always more 
ready to hear than we to pray, and 
art wont to give more than either we 
desire or deserve ; pour down upon 
us the abundance of thy mercy; for¬ 
giving us those things whereof our 
conscience is afraid, and giving us 
those good things which we are not 
worthy to ask, but through the mer¬ 
its and mediation of Jesus Christ,thy 
Son our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. 
UCH trust have we through 
Christ to God-ward: not that 
we are sufficient of ourselves to think 
any thing as of ourselves ; but our 
sufficiency is of God. Who also 
hath made us able ministers of the 
New Testament; not of the letter, 
but of the spirit: for the letter kill- 
eth, but the spirit giveth life. But 
if the ministration of death, written 
and engraven in stones, was glori¬ 
ous, so that the children of Israel 
could not steadfastly behold the face 
of Moses for the glory of his counte¬ 
nance, which glory was to be done 
away ; how shall not the ministra¬ 
tion of the spirit be rather glorious? 
For if the ministration of condem¬ 
nation be glory, much more doth the 
ministration of righteousness exceed 
in glory. 







90 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31. 

J ESUS, departing from the coasts 
of Tyre and Sidon, came unto 
the sea of Galilee, through the midst 
of the coasts ofDecapolis. And they 
bring unto him one that was deaf, 
and had an impediment in his speech; 
and they beseech him to put his hand 
upon him. And he took him aside 
from the multitude, and put his 
fingers into his ears, and he spit, and 
touched his tongue; and looking up 
to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto 
him, Ephphatha , that is,Be opened. 
And straightway his ears were open¬ 
ed, and the string of his tongue was 
loosed, and he spake plain. And 
he charged them that they should 
tell no man: but the more he charg¬ 
ed them, so much the more a great 
deal they published it; and were 
beyond measure astonished, saying, 
He hath done all things well; he 
maketh both the deaf to hear, and 
the dumb to speak. 

THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and merciful God, 
of whose only gift it cometh 
that thy faithful people do unto thee 
true and laudable service; Grant, 
we beseech thee, that we may so 
faithfully serve thee in this life, that 
we fail not finally to attain thy 
heavenly promises; through the 
merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16. 

T O Abraham and his seed were 
the promises made. He saith 
not, And to seeds, as of many; but 
as of one, And to thy seed, which is 
Christ. And this I say, That the 
covenant, that was confirmed before 
of God in Christ, the Law, which was 
four hundred and thirty years after, 
cannot disannul, that it should make 
the promise of none effect. For if 


the inheritance be of the Law. it 
is no more of promise; but God 
gave it to Abraham by promise. 
Wherefore then serveth the Law? 
It was added because of trans¬ 
gressions, till the seed should come 
to whom the promise was made; 
and it was ordained by angels in 
the hand of a mediator. Now a 
mediator is not a mediator of one; 
but God is one. Is the Law then 
against the promises of God ? God 
forbid: for if there had been a law 
given which could have given life, 
verily righteousness should have been 
by the Law. But the Scripture hath 
concluded all under sin, that the 
promise by faith of Jesus Christ 
might be given to them that believe. 

The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23. 
LESSED are the eyes which 
see the things that ye see. For 
I tell you, that many prophets and 
kings have desired to see those 
things which ye see, and have not 
seen them; and to hear those things 
which ye hear, and have not heard 
them. And behold, a certain Law 
yer stood up, and tempted him, say¬ 
ing, Master, what shall I do to in¬ 
herit eternal life ? He said un¬ 
to him, What is written in the 
Law? How readest thou? And he 
answering said, Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy strength, and with all 
thy mind; and thy neighbour as 
thyself. And he said unto him, 
Thou hast answered right: this do, 
and thou shalt five. But he, will¬ 
ing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 
And who is my neighbour? And 
Jesus answering said, A certain man 
went down from Jerusalem to Jeri¬ 
cho, and fell among thieves, which 
stript him of his raiment, and 
wounded him, and departed, leaving 
him half dead. And by chance 
there came down a certain Priest 






THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 91 


.hat way; and when he saw him, 
he passed by on the other side. And 
likewise a Levite, when he was at 
the place, came and looked on him, 
and passed by on the other side. 
But a certain Samaritan, as he jour¬ 
neyed, came where he was; and 
when he saw him, he had compas¬ 
sion on him, and went to him, and 
bound up his wounds, pouring in oil 
and wine, and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, 
and took care of him. And on the 
morrow, when he departed, he took 
out two pence, and gave them to the 
host, and said unto him, Take care 
of him; and whatsoever thou spend- 
est more, when I come again, I will 
repay thee. Which now of these 
three, thinkest thou, was neighbour 
unto him that fell among the thieves ? 
And he said, He that showed mercy 
on him. Then said Jesus unto him, 
Go, and do thou likewise. 

THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, give unto us the increase 
of faith, hope, and charity; and that 
we may obtain that which thou dost 
promise, make us to love that which 
thou dost command; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Gal. v. 16. 
SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, 
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of 
the flesh. For the flesh lusteth 
against the Spirit, and the Spirit 
against the flesh: and these are con¬ 
trary the one to the other; so that 
ye cannot do the things that ye 
would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, 
ye are not under the Law. Now the 
works of the flesh are manifest, which 
are these; adultery, fornication, un¬ 
cleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, 
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emula¬ 
tions, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 


envyings, murders, drunkenness, re- 
vellings, and such like: of the which 
I tell you before, as I have also told 
you in time past, that they who do 
such things shall not inherit the 
kingdom of God. But the fruit of 
the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance: against such 
there is no law. And they that are 
Christ’s have crucified the flesh, with 
the affections and lusts. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11 
ND it came to pass, as Jesus 
went to Jerusalem, that he 
passed through the midst of Sama¬ 
ria and Galilee. And as he entered 
into a certain village, there met him 
ten men that were lepers, which 
stood afar off. And they lifted up 
their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, 
have mercy on us. And when he 
saw them, he said unto them, Go 
show yourselves unto the Priests. 
And it came to pass, that, as they 
went, they were cleansed. And one 
of them, when he saw that he was 
healed, turned back, and with a 
loud voice glorified God, and fell 
down on his face at his feet, giving 
him thanks ; and he was a Samari¬ 
tan. And Jesus answering said, 
Were there not ten cleansed? but 
where are the nine ? There are not 
found that returned to give glory to 
God, save this stranger. And he 
said unto him, Arise, go thy way, 
thy faith hath made thee whole. 

THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

EEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, 
thy Church with thy perpetual 
mercy; and, because the frailty of 
man without thee cannot but fall, 
keep us ever by thy help from all 
things hurtful, and lead us to ail 
things profitable to our salvation; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 








92 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. 

Y E see how large a letter I have 
written unto you with mine 
own hand. As many as desire to 
make a fair show in the flesh, they 
constrain you to be circumcised; only 
lest they should suffer persecution 
for the cross of Christ. For neither 
they themselves who are circumcised 
keep t.heLaw; but desire to have you 
circumcised, that they may glory in 
your flesh. But God forbid that I 
should glory, save in the cross of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the 
world is crucified unto me, and I 
unto the world. For in Christ Jesus 
neither circumcision availeth any 
thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new 
creature. And as many as walk 
according to this rule, peace be on 
them, and mercy, and upon the 
Israel of God. From henceforth let 
no man trouble me; for I bear in my 
body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24. 
"|VTO man can serve two masters: 
±_\ for either he will hate the one, 
and love the other; or else he will 
hold to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. Therefore I say unto 
you, Take no thought for your life, 
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink; nor yet for your body, what 
ye shall put on. Is not the life more 
than meat, and the body than rai¬ 
ment ? Behold the fowls of the air: 
for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns; yet 
your heavenly Father feedeth them. 
Are ye not much better than they ? 
Which of you by taking thought 
can add one cubit unto his stature ? 
And why take ye thought for rai¬ 
ment? Consider the lilies of the 
field, how they grow; they toil not, 
neither do they spin : and yet I say 


unto you, That even Solomon in ail 
his glory was not arrayed like one 
of these. Wherefore,if God so clothe 
the grass of the field, which to-day 
is, and to-morrow is cast into the 
oven, shall he not much more clothe 
you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore 
take no thought, saying, What 
shall we eat? or, What shall we 
drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed? (for after all these things 
do the Gentiles seek;) for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye 
have need of all these things. But 
seek ye first the Kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness; and all these 
things shall be added unto you. 
Take therefore no thought for the 
morrow; for the morrow shall take 
thought for the things of itself. Suf¬ 
ficient unto the day is the evil 
thereof. 


THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, we beseech thee, let 
thy continual pity cleanse and 
defend thy Church; and, because it 
cannot continue in safety without thy 
succour, preserve it evermore by thy 
help and goodness; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 13. 
DESIRE that ye faint not at 
my tribulations for you, which is 
your glory. For this cause I bow 
my knees unto the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the 
whole family in heaven and earth 
is named, that he would giant you, 
according to the riches of his glory, 
to be strengthened with might by his 
Spirit in the inner man; that Christ 
may dwell in your hearts by faith; 
that ye, being rooted and grounded 
in love, may be able to comprehend, 
with all saints, what is the breadth, 
and length, and depth, and height; 




THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 93 


and to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye 
might be filled with all the fulness 
of God, Now unto Him that is able 
to do exceeding abundantly above 
all that we ask or think, according 
to the power that worketh in us, unto 
Him be glory in the Church, by 
Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 

The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11. 
ND it came to pass the day 
after, that Jesus went into a 
city called Nain; and many of his 
disciples went with him, and much 
people. Now when he came nigh 
to the gate of the city, behold, there 
was a dead man carried out, the only 
son of his mother, and she was a 
widow; and much people of the city 
was with her. And when the Lord 
saw her, he had compassion on her, 
and said unto her, Weep not. And 
he came and touched the bier; and 
they that bare him stood still. And 
he said, Young man, I say unto 
thee, Arise. And he that was dead 
sat up, and began to speak ; and he 
delivered him to his mother. And 
there came a fear on all, and they 
glorified God, saying,That a great 
Prophet is risen up among us; and, 
That God hath visited his people. 
And this rumour of him went forth 
throughout all Judea, and through¬ 
out all the region round about. 

THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

ORD, we pray thee that thy 
grace may always prevent and 
follow us, and make us continually 
to be given to all good works; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 1. 
THEREFORE, the prisoner of 
the Lord, beseech you that ye 
walk worthy of the vocation where¬ 


with ye are called, with all low¬ 
liness and meekness, with long-suf¬ 
fering, forbearing one another in 
love; endeavouring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace. There is one body, and one 
Spirit, even as ye are called in one 
hope of your calling; one Lord, one 
faith, one baptism, one God and 
Father of all, who is above all, and 
through all, and in you all. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 1. 

T came to pass, as Jesus went into 
the house of one of the chief 
Pharisees to eat bread on the sab¬ 
bath-day, that they watched him. 
And behold, there was a certain 
man before him who had the drop¬ 
sy. And Jesus answering, spake 
unto the Lawyers and Pharisees 
saying, Is it lawful to heal on the 
sabbath-day? And they held theii 
peace. And he took him, and heal¬ 
ed him, and let him go; and answer¬ 
ed them, saying, Which of you shall 
have an ass or an ox fallen into a 
pit, and will not straightway pull 
him out on the sabbath-day ? And 
they could not answer him again to 
these things. And he put forth a 
parable to those which were bidden, 
when he marked how they chose 
out the chief rooms; saying unto 
them, When thou art bidden of any 
man to a wedding, sit not down in 
the highest room;lest a more honour¬ 
able man than thou be bidden of 
him; and he that bade thee and 
him come and say to thee, Give this 
man place; and thou begin with 
shame to take the lowest room. But 
when thou art bidden, go and sit 
down in the lowest room; that when 
he that bade thee cometh, he may 
say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: 
then shalt thou have worship in the 
presence of them that sit at meat 
with thee. For whosoever exalteth 
himself shall be abased ; and he that 
humbleth himself shall be exalted. 






94 THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

L ORD, we beseech thee, grant 
thy people grace to withstand 
the temptations of the world, the 
flesh, and the devil; and with pure 
hearts and minds to follow thee, the 
only God; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. i. 4. 
THANK my God always on 
your behalf, for the grace of God 
which is given you by Jesus Christ; 
that in every thing ye are enriched 
by him, in all utterance, and in all 
knowledge; even as the testimony 
of Christ was confirmed in you; so 
that ye come behind in no gift; wait¬ 
ing for the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who shall also confirm you 
unto the end, that ye may be blame¬ 
less in the day of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. 
HEN the Pharisees had heard 
that Jesus had put the Sad- 
ducees to silence, they were gathered 
together. Then one of them, which 
was a Lawyer, asked him a question, 
tempting him, and saying, Master, 
which is the great commandment in 
the Law? Jesus said unto him, Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind. This is the first 
and great commandment. And the 
second is like unto it, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. On 
these two commandments hang all 
the Law and the Prophets. While 
the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, saying, What 
think ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? 
They say unto him, The son of Da¬ 
vid. He saith unto them, How then 
doth David in spirit call him Lord, 
saying, The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 
till I make thine enemies thy foot¬ 


stool ? If David then call him Lord, 
how is he his son ? And no man 
was able to answer him a word, nei¬ 
ther durst any man, from that day 
forth, ask him any more questions. 

THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

GOD, forasmuch as without 
thee we are not able to please 
thee ; Mercifully grant that thy Ho¬ 
ly Spirit may in all things direct and 
rule our hearts;through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 17. 
HIS I say therefore, and testify 
in the Lord, that ye henceforth 
walk not as other Gentiles walk, 
in the vanity of their mind, hav¬ 
ing the understanding darkened, be¬ 
ing alienated from the life of God 
through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of 
their heart: who being past feeling 
have given themselves over unto 
lasciviousness, to work all unclean¬ 
ness with greediness. But ye have 
not so learned Christ; if so be that 
ye have heard him, and have been 
taught by him, as the truth is in 
Jesus: that ye put off concerning 
the former conversation the old 
man, which is corrupt according to 
the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed 
in the spirit of your mind; and that 
ye put on the new man, which after 
God is created in righteousness and 
true holiness. Wherefore putting 
away lying, speak every man truth 
with his neighbour: for we are mem¬ 
bers one of another. Be ye angry, 
and sin not: let not the sun go down 
upon your wrath; neither give place 
to the devil. Let him that stole 
steal no more; but rather let him la¬ 
bour, working with his hands the 
thing which is good, that he may 
have to give to him that needeth. 
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THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 95 


ceed out of your mouth, but that 
which is good to the use of edifying, 
that it may minister grace unto the 
hearers. And grieve not the Holy 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed 
unto the da\ of redemption. Let 
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, 
and clamour, and evil speaking, be 
put away from you, with all malice: 
And be ye kind one to another, ten¬ 
der-hearted, forgiving one another, 
even as God for Christ’s sake hath 
forgiven you. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1. 
ESUS entered into a ship, and 
passed over, and came into his 
own city. And behold, they brought 
to him a man sick of the palsy, lying 
on a bed : and Jesus, seeing their 
faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, 
Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be 
forgiven thee. And behold, certain 
of the scribes said within themselves, 
This man blasphemeth. And Je¬ 
sus, knowing their thoughts, said, 
Wherefore think ye evil in your 
hearts? For whether is easier to 
say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or 
to say, Arise, and walk ? But that 
ye may know that the Son of Man 
hath power on earth to forgive sins, 
(then saith he to the sick of the pal¬ 
sy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go 
unto thine house. And he arose, 
and departed to his house. But 
when the multitude saw it, they 
marvelled, and glorified God,which 
had given such power unto men. 

THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER 
TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY and most mer¬ 
ciful God, of thy bountiful 
goodness keep us, we beseech thee, 
from all things that may hurt us; 
that we, being ready both in body 
and soul, may cheerfully accomplish 
those things which thou commandest; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. v. 15. 
EE then that ye walk circum¬ 
spectly, not as fools, but as 
wise, redeeming the time, because 
the days are evil. Wherefore be ye 
not unwise, but understanding what 
the will of the Lord is. And be not 
drunk with wine, wherein is excess; 
but be filled with the Spirit; speak¬ 
ing to yourselves in psalms and 
hymns and spiritual songs, singing 
and making melody in your heart 
to the Lord ; giving thanks always 
for all things unto God and the Fa¬ 
ther, in the Name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ; submitting yourselves one 
to another in the fear of God. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1. 
ESUS said, The Kingdom of 
Heaven is like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for his 
son, and sent forth his servants to 
call them that were bidden to the 
wedding ; and they would not come. 
Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying, Tell them which are bidden, 
Behold, I have prepared my dinner; 
my oxen and my fatlings are killed, 
and all things are ready: come unto 
the marriage. But they made light 
of it, and went their ways, one to his 
farm, another to his merchandise : 
and the remnant took his servants, 
and entreated them spitefully, and 
slew them. But when the king heard 
thereof, he was wroth; and he sent 
forth his armies, and destroyed those 
murderers, and burned up their city. 
Then saith he to his servants, The 
wedding is ready, but they which 
were bidden were not worthy. 
Go ye therefore into the highways, 
and as many as ye shall find, 
bid to the marriage. So those ser¬ 
vants went out into the highways, 
and gathered together all as many 
as they found, both bad and good; 
and the wedding was furnished with 
guests. And when the king came 
in to see the guests, he saw there 






96 THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


a man who had noton a wedding- 
garment : and he saith unto him, 
Friend, how earnest thou in hither 
not having a wedding - garment ? 
And he was speechless. Then said 
the king to the servants, Bind him 
hand and foot, and take him away, 
and cast him into outer darkness; 
there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. For many are called, but 
few are chosen. 


THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

RANT, we beseech thee, mer¬ 
ciful Lord, to thy faithful peo¬ 
ple pardon and peace, that they 
may be cleansed from all their sins, 
and serve thee with a quiet mind; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. vi. 10. 

Y brethren, be strong in the 
Lord, and in the power of his 
might. Put on the whole armour 
of God, that ye may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. For we 
wrestle not against flesh and blood, 
but against principalities, against 
powers, against the rulers of the 
darkness of this world, against spirit¬ 
ual wickedness in high places. 
Wherefore take unto you the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able 
to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all, to stand. Stand 
therefore, having your loins girt 
about with truth; and having on 
the breastplate of righteousness; 
and your feet shod with the prepara¬ 
tion of the Gospel of peace ; above 
all, taking the shield of faith, where¬ 
with ye shall be able to quench all 
the fiery darts of the wicked. And 
take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
Word of God: praying always with 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto with 


all perseverance and supplication for 
all saints; and for me, that utter¬ 
ance may be given unto me, that I 
may open my mouth boldly, to make 
known the mystery of the Gospel; 
for which I am an ambassador in 
bonds; that therein I may speak 
boldly, as I ought to speak. 

The Gospel. St. John iv. 46. 
HERE was a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Caper¬ 
naum. When he heard that Jesus 
was come out of Judea into Galilee, 
he went unto him, and besought 
him that he would come down and 
heal his son ; for he was at the point 
of death. Then said Jesus unto 
him, Except ye see signs and won¬ 
ders, ye wall not believe. The noble¬ 
man saith unto him, Sir, come down 
ere my child die. Jesus saith unto 
him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. 
And the man believed the word that 
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he 
went his way. And as he was now 
going down, his servants met him, 
and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 
Then inquired he of them the hour 
when he began to amend. And they 
said unto him, Yesterday, at the 
seventh hour, the fever left him. So 
the father knew that it was at the 
same hour in the which Jesus said 
unto him, Thy son liveth; and him¬ 
self believed, and his whole house. 
This is again the second miracle 
that Jesus did, when he was come 
out of Judea into Galilee. 


THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

ORD, we beseech thee to keep 
thy household the Church in 
continual godliness; that through 
thy protection it may be free from 
all adversities, and devoutly given to 
serve thee in good works, to the glory 
of thy Name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 









THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 97 


The Epistle. Phil. i. 3. 
THANK my God upon every 
remembrance of you, (always in 
every prayer of mine for you all 
making 1 request with joy,) for your 
fellowship in the Gospel from the 
first day until now ; being confident 
of this very thing,that he which hath 
begun a good work in you will per¬ 
form it until the day of Jesus Christ: 
even as it is meet for me to think 
this of you all, because I have you 
in my heart; inasmuch as both in 
my bonds, and in the defence and 
confirmation of the Gospel, ye all 
are partakers of my grace. For God 
is my record, how greatly I long 
after you all in the bowels of Jesus 
Christ. And this I pray, that your 
love may abound yet more and more 
in knowledge and in all judgment; 
that ye may approve things that 
are excellent; that ye may be sin¬ 
cere and without offence till the day 
of Christ; being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus 
Christ, unto the glory and praise of 
God. 

The Gospel. St. Matt, xviii. 21. 
ETER said unto Jesus, Lord, 
how oft shall my brother sin 
against me, and I forgive him ? till 
seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, 
I say not unto thee,Until seven times; 
but, Until seventy times seven. 
Therefore is theKingdom of Heaven 
likened unto a certain king which 
would take account of his servants. 
And when he had begun to reckon, 
one was brought unto him, which 
owed him ten thousand talents. But 
forasmuch as he had not to pay, his 
lord commanded him to be sold, and 
his wife and children, and all that 
he had, and payment to be made. 
The servant therefore fell down and 
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have 
patience with me, and I will pay 
thee all. Then the lord of that ser¬ 
vant was moved with compassion, 
N 


and loosed him, and forgave him 
the debt. But the same servant 
went out, and found one of his fel¬ 
low-servants, which owed him an 
hundred pence : and he laid hands 
on him, and took him by the throat, 
saying, Pay me that thou owest. 
And his fellow-servant fell down at 
his feet, and besought him, saying, 
Have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. And he would not; 
but went and cast him into prison, 
till he should pay the debt. So when 
his fellow-servants saw what was 
done, they were very sorry, and 
came and told unto their lord all that 
was done. Then his lord, after that 
he had called him, said unto him, O 
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee 
all that debt, because thou desiredst 
me: shouldest not thou also have had 
compassion on thy fellow-servant, 
even as I had pity on thee ? And 
his lord was wroth, and delivered 
him to the tormentors, till he should 
pay all that was due unto him. So 
likewise shall my heavenly Father 
do also unto you, if ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one his bro¬ 
ther their trespasses. 

THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

O GOD, our refuge and strength, 
who art the author of all god¬ 
liness; Be ready, we beseech thee, 
to hear the devout prayers of thy 
Church; and grant that those things 
which we ask faithfully we may 
obtain effectually; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Phil. iii. 17. 
RETHREN, be followers to¬ 
gether of ipjs, and mark them 
which walk so as ye have us for an 
ensample. (For many walk, of 
whom I have told you often, and 
now tell you even weeping, that 
they are the enemies of the cross of 






98 THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


Christ; whose end is destruction, 
whose god is their belly, and whose 
glory is in their shame, who mind 
earthly tilings.) For our conversa¬ 
tion is in heaven; from whence also 
we look for the Saviour, the Lord 
Jesus Christ: who shall change our 
vile body, that it may be fashioned like 
unto his glorious body, according to 
the working whereby he is able even 
to subdue all things unto himself. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 15. 
HEN went the Pharisees, and 
took counsel how they might 
entangle him in his talk. And they 
sent out unto him their disciples, with 
the Herodians, saying, Master, we 
know that thou art true, and teach- 
est the way of God in truth, neither 
carest thou for any man: for thou 
regardest not the person of men. 
Tell us therefore, what thinkest 
thou? Is it lawful to give tribute 
unto Caesar, or not ? But Jesus per¬ 
ceived their wickedness, and said, 
Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? 
Show me the tribute-money. And 
they brought unto him a penny. 
And he saith unto them, Whose is 
this image and superscription ? They 
say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith 
he unto them, Render therefore unto 
Caesar the things which are Caesar’s ; 
and unto God the things that are 
God’s. When they had heard these 
words, they marvelled, and left him, 
and went their way. 

THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

O LORD, we beseech thee, ab¬ 
solve thy people from their of¬ 
fences ; that through thy bountiful 
goodness we may all be delivered 
from the bands of those sins,which by 
our frailty we have committed. Grant 
this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus 
Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and 
Saviour. Amen. 


The Epistle. Col. i. 3. 

E give thanks to God and 
the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, praying always for you, since 
we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, 
and of the love which ye have to 
all the saints, for the hope which is 
laid up for you in heaven, whereof 
ye heard before in the word of the 
truth of the Gospel: which is come 
unto you, as it is in all the world; and 
bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in 
you, since the day ye heard of it, 
and knew the grace of God in truth. 
As ye also learned of Epaphras our 
dear fellow-servant, who is for you 
a faithful minister of Christ; who 
also declared unto us your love in 
the Spirit. For this cause we also, 
since the day we heard it, do not 
cease to pray for you, and to desire 
that ye might be filled with the 
knowledge of his will in all wisdom 
and spiritual understanding; that 
ye might walk worthy of the Lord 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in 
every good work, and increasing in 
the knowledge of God ; strengthened 
with all might, according to his glo¬ 
rious power, unto all patience and 
long-suffering with joyfulness ; giv¬ 
ing thanks unto the Father,which 
hath made us meet to be partakers 
of the inheritance of the saints in 
light. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 18. 

HILE Jesus spake these 
things unto John’s disciples, 
behold, there came a certain ruler, 
and worshipped him, saying, My 
daughter is even now dead: but 
come and lay thy hand upon her, 
and she shall live. And Jesus arose! 
and followed him, and so did his 
disciples. (And behold, a woman, 
which was diseased with an issue 
of blood twelve years, came behind 
him, and touched the hem of his 
garment. For she said within her- 









THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 99 


self, If I may but touch his garment, 
I shall be whole. But Jesus turned 
him about, and when he saw her, 
he said, Daughter, be of good com¬ 
fort ; thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole 
from that hour.) And when Jesus 
came into the ruler’s house, and saw 
the minstrels and the people making 
a noise, he said unto them, Give 
place; for the maid is not dead, but 
sleepeth. And they laughed him to 
scorn. But when the people were 
put forth, he went in, and took her 
by the hand, and the maid arose. 
And the fame hereof went abroad 
into all that land. 


THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY 
AFTER TRINITY. 

The Collect. 

S TIR up, we beseech thee, O 
Lord, the wills of thy faithful 
people ; that they,plenteously bring¬ 
ing forth the fruit of good works, 
may by thee be plenteously rewarded; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5. 

EHOLD, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will raise unto 
David a righteous Branch, and a 
King shall reign and prosper, and 
shall execute judgment and justice 
in the earth. In his days Judah 
shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell 
safely: and this is his Name whereby 
he shall be called, THE LORD 
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. There¬ 
fore, behold, the days come, saith the 
Lord, that they shall no more say, 
The Lord liveth, which brought up 
the children of Israel out of the 
landofEgypt; but, The Lord liveth, 
which brought up and which led the 
seed of the house of Israel out of the 
north-country, and from all coun¬ 
tries whither I had driven them ; 


and they shall dwell in their own 
land. 

The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. 

HEN Jesus then lifted up his 
eyes, and saw a great compa¬ 
ny come unto him, he saith unto 
Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, 
that these may eat? (And this he 
said to prove him: for he himself 
knew what he would do.) Philip 
answered him, Two hundred pen¬ 
nyworth of bread is not sufficient 
for them, that every one of them 
may take a little. One of his dis¬ 
ciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s bro 
ther, saith unto him, There is a lad 
here, which hath five barley-loaves, 
and two small fishes; but what are 
they among so many ? And Jesus 
said, Make the men sit down. Now 
there was much grass in the place. 
So the men sat down, in number 
about five thousand. And Jesus 
took the loaves; and when he had 
given thanks, he distributed to the 
disciples, and the disciples to them 
that were set down; and likewise of 
the fishes, as much as they would. 
When they were filled, he said unto 
his disciples, Gather up the frag¬ 
ments that remain, that nothing be 
lost. Therefore they gathered them 
together, and filled twelve baskets 
with the fragments of the five bar¬ 
ley-loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. 
Then those men, when they had 
seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, 
This is of a truth that Prophet that 
should come into the world. 

TT If there be any more Sundays before 
Advent Sunday, the service of some of 
those' Sundays that were omitted after 
the Epiphany, shall be taken in to sup¬ 
ply so many as are here wanting. And 
if there be fewer, the overplus may be 
omitted : Provided that this last Collect, 
Epistle, and Gospel, shall always be U3ed 
upon the Sunday next before Advent. 






LOO 


SAINT ANDREW’S DAY. 


SAINT ANDREWS DAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who didst 
give such grace unto thy holy 
Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readi¬ 
ly obeyed the calling of thy Son 
Jesus Christ, and followed him with¬ 
out delay; Grant unto us all, that we, 
being called by thy holy Word,may 
forthwith give up ourselves obedi¬ 
ently to fulfil thy holy command¬ 
ments; through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Rom. x. 9. 

P thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 
believe in thine heart that God hath 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. For with the heart man 
believeth unto righteousness; and 
with the mouth confession is made 
unto salvation. For the Scripture 
saith, Whosoever believeth on him 
shall not be ashamed. For there is 
no difference between the Jew and 
the Greek: for the same Lord over 
all is rich unto all that call upon him. 
For whosoever shall call upon the 
Name of the Lord shall be saved. 
How then shall they call on him in 
whom they have not believed ? and 
how shall they believe in him of 
whom they have not heard ? and 
how shall they hear without a 
preacher ? and how shall they 
preach, except they be sent ? As it 
is written, How beautiful are the 
feet of them that preach the Gospel 
of peace, and bring glad tidings of 
good things ! But they have not all 
obeyed tl le G ospel. For Esaias saith, 
Lord, who hath believed our report ? 
So then faith cometh by hearing, 
and hearing by the Word of God. 
But I say, Have they not heard ? 
Yes verily, their sound went into all 
the earth, and their words unto the 
ends of the world. But I say, Did 
not Israel know ? First Moses saith, 


I will provoke you to jealousy by 
them that are no people, and by a 
foolish nation I will anger you. But 
Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was 
found of them that sought me not; 
I was made manifest unto them that 
asked not after me. But to Israel 
he saith, All day long have I stretch¬ 
ed forth my hands unto a disobedi¬ 
ent and gainsaying people. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 18. 
ESUS, walking by the Sea of 
Galilee, saw two brethren, Si¬ 
mon called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother, casting a net into the sea; 
for they were fishers. And he 
saith unto them, Follow me, and I 
will make you fishers of men. And 
they straightway left their nets, and 
followed him. And going on from 
thence, he saw other two brethren, 
James the son of Zebedee, and 
John his brother, in a ship with 
Zebedee their father, mending their 
nets ; and he called them. And 
they immediately left the ship and 
then father, and followed him. 


SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, who, for the greater con¬ 
firmation of the faith, didst suffer thy 
holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful 
in thy Son’s resurrection ; Grant us 
so perfectly, and without all doubt, 
to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, 
that our faith in thy sight may never 
be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, 
through the same Jesus Christ, to 
whom, with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be all honour and glory, now 
and for evermore. Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. ii. 19. 
OW therefore ye are no more 
strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and 
of the household of God ; and are 
built upon the foundation of the 










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ST. STEPHEN’S DAY. 


Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ 
himself being the chief corner-stone; 
in whom all the building, fitly fram¬ 
ed together, groweth unto an holy 
temple in the Lord ; in whom ye 
also are budded together for an habi¬ 
tation of God through the Spirit. 

The Gospel. St. John xx. 24. 
HO MAS, one of the twelve, 
called Didymus, was not with 
them when Jesus came. The other 
disciples therefore said unto him, We 
have seen the Lord. But he said 
unto them, Except I shall see in his 
hands the print of the nails, and put 
my finger into the print of the nails, 
and thrust my hand into his side, I 
will not believe. And after eight 
days again his disciples were within, 
and Thomas with them: then came 
Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood 
in the midst, and said, Peace be unto 
you! Then said he to Thomas, 
Reach hither thy finger, and behold 
my hands ; and reach hither thy 
hand, and thrust it into my side ; 
and be not faithless, but believing. 
And Thomas answered and said 
unto him, My Lord and my God! 
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, be¬ 
cause thou hast seen me, thou hast 
believed ; blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed. And 
many other signs truly did Jesus in 
the presence of his disciples, which 
are not written in this book. But 
these are written, that ye might be¬ 
lieve that Jesus is the Christ, the 
Son of God ; and that believing ye 
might have life through his Name. 

saint Stephen’s day. 

The Collect. 

RANT, O Lord, that,in all our 
sufferings here upon earth for 
the testimony of thy truth, we may 
steadfastly look up to heaven, and 
by faith behold the glory that shall 
be revealed ; and, being filled with 


the Holy Ghost, may learn to love 
and bless our persecutors by the 
example of thy first Martyr St. Ste¬ 
phen, who prayed for his murderers 
to thee, O blessed Jesus, who stand- 
est at the right hand of God to suc¬ 
cour all those who suffer for thee, our 
only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

nr Then shall follow the Collect of the 

Nativity, which shall be said continually 

until New-Year’s Eve. 

For the Epistle. Acts vii. 55. 
STEPHEN, being full of the 
LJ Holy Ghost, looked up stead¬ 
fastly into heaven, and saw the glory 
of God, and Jesus standing on the 
right hand of God, and said, Be¬ 
hold, I see the heavens opened, and 
the Son of Man standing on the 
right hand of God! Then they 
cried out with a loud voice, and 
stopped their ears, and ran upon him 
with one accord, and cast him out 
of the city, and stoned him : and 
the witnesses laid down their clothes 
at a young man’s feet, whose name 
was Saul. And they stoned Ste¬ 
phen, calling upon God, and saying, 
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! And 
he kneeled down, and cried with a 
loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to 
their charge! And when he had 
said this, he fell asleep. 

The Gospel. St. Matt, xxiii. 34. 
EHOLD, I send unto you pro¬ 
phets, and wise men, and 
scribes : and some of them ye shall 
kill and crucify ; and some of them 
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 
and persecute them from city to city : 
that upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth, 
from the blood of righteous Abel 
unto the blood of Zacharias, son of 
Barachias, whom ye slew between 
the temple and the altar. Verily I 
say unto you, All these things shall 
come upon this generation. O Je¬ 
rusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest. 
the prophets, and stonest them which 







102 


ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST’S DAY. 


are sent unto thee, how often would 
I have gathered thy children togeth¬ 
er, even as a hen gathereth her chick¬ 
ens under her wings, and ye would 
not! Behold, your house is left unto 
you desolate! For I say unto you, 
Ye shall not see me henceforth, till 
ye shall say, Blessed is he that com- 
eth in the Name of the Lord ! 


ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST’S DAY. 

The v Collect . 

ERCIFUL Lord, we beseech 
thee to cast thy bright beams 
of light upon thy Church, that it 
being instructed by the doctrine of 
thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist 
St. John, may so walk in the light 
of thy truth, that it may at length 
attain to everlasting life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 St. John. i. 1. 
HAT which was from the be¬ 
ginning, which we have heard, 
which we have seen with our eyes, 
which we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled,of the Word 
of life ; (for the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear wit¬ 
ness, and show unto you that eter¬ 
nal life, which was with the Father, 
and was manifested unto us ;) that 
which we have seen and heard de¬ 
clare we unto you, that ye also may 
have fellowship with us : and truly 
our fellowship is with the Father, 
and with his Son Jesus Christ. And 
these things write we unto you, that 
your joy may be full. This then is 
the message which we have heard 
of him, and declare unto you, that 
God is light, and in him is no dark¬ 
ness at all. If we say that we have 
fellowship with him, and walk in 
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth; 
but if we walk in the light, as he 
is in the light, we have fellowship 
one with another, and the blood of 
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 


from all sin. If we say that we 
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. If we 
confess our sins, he is faithful and 
just to forgive us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
If we say that we have not sinned, 
we make him a liar, and his word 
is not in us. 

The Gospel. St. John xxi. 19. 
ESUS said unto Peter, Follow 
me. Then Peter,turning about, 
seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved 
following; (which also leaned on his 
breast at supper, and said, Lord, 
which is he that betrayeth thee ?) 
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, 
Lord, and what shall this man do ? 
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that 
he tarry till I come, what is that 
to thee ? Follow thou me. Then 
went this saying abroad among the 
brethren, that that disciple should 
not die: yet Jesus said not unto 
him, He shall not die ; but, If I will 
that he tarry till I come, what is that 
to thee ? This is the disciple which 
testifieth of these things, and wrote 
these things; and we know that his 
testimony is true. And there are 
also many other things which Jesus 
did, the which, if they should be 
written every one, I suppose that 
even the world itself could not con¬ 
tain the books that should be written. 


THE INNOCENTS* DAY. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who out 
of the mouths of babes and 
sucklings hast ordained strength, 
and madest infants to glorify thee 
by their deaths; Mortify and kill all 
vices in us, and so strengthen us b> 
thy grace, that by the innocency of 
our lives, and constancy of our faith 
even unto death, we may glorify thy 
holy Name; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 








THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 


103 


For the Epistle. Rev. xiv. 1. 

LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb 
stood on the Mount Sion, and with 
him an hundred forty and four thou¬ 
sand, having his Father’s Name writ¬ 
ten in their foreheads. And I heard a 
voice from heaven,as the voice ofma- 
ny waters, and as the voice of a great 
thunder: and I heard the voice of har¬ 
pers harping with their harps: and 
they sung as it were a new song be¬ 
fore the throne, and before the four 
beasts, and the elders; and no man 
could learn that song but the hund¬ 
red and forty and four thousand, 
which were redeemed from the 
earth. These are they which were 
not defiled with women; for they are 
virgins. These are they which follow 
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 
These were redeemed from among 
men, being the first-fruits unto God 
and to the Lamb. And in their mouth 
was found no guile; for they are with¬ 
out fault before the throne of God. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 13. 
FT! HE Angel of the Lord appeareth 
A to Joseph in a dream, saying, 
Arise, and take the young child and 
his mother, and flee into Egypt, and 
be thou there until I bring thee word; 
for Herod will seek the young child 
to destroy him. When he arose, he 
took the young child and his mother 
by night, and departed into Egypt, 
and was there until the death of He¬ 
rod ; that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the pro¬ 
phet, saying, Out of Egypt have I 
called my Son. Then Herod, when 
he saw that he was mocked of the 
wise men, was exceeding wroth, and 
sent forth, and slew all the children 
that were in Bethlehem, and in all 
the coasts thereof, from two years old 
and under, according to the time 
which he had diligently inquired of 
the wise men. Then was fulfilled 
that which was spoken by Jeremy 
the prophet, saying, In Rama was 


there a voice heard, lamentation, and 
weeping, and great mourning, Ra¬ 
chel weeping for her children, and 
would not be comforted, because 
they are not. 


THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 

The Collect. 

O GOD, who, through the preach¬ 
ing of the blessed Apostle Saint 
Paul, hast caused the light of the 
Gospel to shine throughout the world; 
Grant,we beseech thee, that we, hav¬ 
ing his wonderful conversion in re¬ 
membrance, may show forth our 
thankfulness unto thee for the same, 
by following the holy doctrine which 
he taught; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts ix. 1. 
ND Saul, yet breathing out 
threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, 
went unto the high priest, and de¬ 
sired of him letters to Damascus to 
the synagogues, that if he found 
any of this way, whether they were 
men or women, he might bring them 
bound unto Jerusalem. And as he 
journeyed, he came near Damascus: 
and suddenly there shined round 
about him a light from heaven. 
And he fell to the earth, and heard 
a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, 
why persecutest thou me ? And he 
said, Who art thou, Lord ? And the 
Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou 
persecutest: it is hard for thee to 
kick against the pricks. And he 
trembling and astonished said, Lord, 
what wilt thou have me to do ? And 
the Lord said unto him, Arise, and 
go into the city, and it shall be told 
thee what thou must do. And the 
men which journeyed with him 
stood speechless, hearing a voice, but 
seeing no man. And Saul arose 
from the earth, and when his eyes 
were opened, he saw no man; but 





104 THE PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. 


they led him by the hand, and 
brought him into Damascus. And 
he was three days without sight, 
and neither did eat nor drink. And 
there was a certain disciple at Da¬ 
mascus, named Ananias;and to him 
said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. 
And he said, Behold, I am here, 
Lord. And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the street which 
is called Straight, and inquire in the 
house of Judas for one called Saul, 
of Tarsus : for behold, he prayeth, 
and hath seen m a vision a man 
named Ananias, coming in, and 
putting his hand on him, that he 
might receive his sight. Then An¬ 
anias answered, Lord, I have heard 
by many of this man, how much 
evil he hath done to thy saints at 
Jerusalem: and here he hath au¬ 
thority from the chief priests to bind 
all that call on thy Name. But the 
Lord said unto him, Go thy way; 
for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to 
bear my Name before the Gentiles, 
and kings, and the children of Isra¬ 
el : for I will show him how great 
things he must suffer for my Name’s 
sake. And Ananias went his way, 
and entered into the house; and 
putting his hands on him said, 
Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, 
that appeared unto thee in the way 
as thou earnest; hath sent me, that 
thou mightest receive thy sight, and 
be filled with the Holy Ghost. And 
immediately there fell from his eyes 
as it had been scales ; and he re¬ 
ceived sight forthwith, and arose, 
and was baptized. And when he 
had received meat, he was strength¬ 
ened. Then was Saul certain days 
with the disciples which were at Da¬ 
mascus. And straightway he preach¬ 
ed Christ in the synagogues, that he 
is the Son of God. But all that 
heard him were amazed, and said, 
Is not this he that destroyed them 
which called on this Name in Jeru¬ 


salem, and came hither for that in¬ 
tent, that he might bring them bound 
unto the chief priests ? But Saul in¬ 
creased the more in strength, and 
confounded the Jews which dwelt at 
Damascus, proving that this is very 
Christ. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xix. 27. 

P ETER answered and said un¬ 
to Jesus, Behold, we have forsa¬ 
ken all, and followed thee; what 
shall we have therefore ? And Jesus 
said unto them, Yerily I say unto 
you, That ye which have followed 
me,in the regeneration when the Son 
of Man shall sit in the throne of his 
glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve 
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. And every one that hath for¬ 
saken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or 
father, or mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands, for my Name’s sake, shall 
receive an hundred fold, and shall 
inherit everlasting life. But many 
that are first shall be last, and the 
last shall be first. 


THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST 
IN THE TEMPLE, COMMONLY 
CALLED, THE PURIFICATION OF 
SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN. 

The Collect. 


A LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, we humbly beseech thy 
Majesty, that as thy only-begotten 
Son was this day presented in the 
temple in substance of our flesh, so 
we may be presented unto thee with 
pure and clean hearts, by the same 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Mai. iii. 1. 

B EHOLD, I will send my mes¬ 
senger, and he shall prepare 
the way before me: and the Lord, 
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come 
to his temple, even the Messenger 
of the covenant, whom ye delight 
in; behold, he shall come, saith the 




SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. 


105 


Lord of Hosts. But who may abide 
the day of his coming? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth ? for 
he is like a refiner’s fire, and like 
fullers’ soap. And he shall sit as a 
refiner and purifier of silver; and he 
shall purify the sons of Levi, and 
purge them as gold and silver, that 
they may offer unto the Lord an 
offering in righteousness. Then 
shall the offering of Judah and Je¬ 
rusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, 
as in the days of old, and as in for¬ 
mer years. And I will come near 
to you to judgment; and I will be 
a swift witness against the sorcerers, 
and against the adulterers, and 
against false swearers, and against 
those that oppress the hireling in his 
wages, the widow, and the father¬ 
less, and that turn aside the stranger 
from his right, and fear not me, 
saith the Lord of Hosts. 

The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 22. 

ND when the days of her puri¬ 
fication according to the Law 
of Moses were accomplished, they 
brought him to Jerusalem to present 
him to the Lord; (as it is written in 
theLaw of theLord, Every male that 
openeth the womb shall be called 
holy to the Lord;) and to offer a 
sacrifice according to that which is 
said in the Law of the Lord, A pair 
of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. 
And behold, there was a man in Je¬ 
rusalem, whose name was Simeon ; 
and the same man was just and 
devout, waiting for the consolation 
of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was 
upon him. And it was revealed 
unto him by the Holy Ghost, that 
he should not see death, before he 
had seen the Lord’s Christ. And 
he came by the Spirit into the tem¬ 
ple ; and when the parents brought 
in the child Jesus, to do for him after 
the custom of the Law, then took he 
him up in his arms, and blessed God, 
o 


and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy 
servant depart in peace, according 
to thy word: for mine eyes have 
seen thy salvation, which thou hast 
prepared before the face of all people; 
a light to lighten the Gentiles, and 
the glory of thy people Israel. And 
Joseph and his mother marvelled at 
those things which were spoken of 
him. And Simeon blessed them, 
and said unto Mary his mother, Be¬ 
hold, this child is set for the fall and 
rising again of many in Israel; and 
for a sign which shall be spoken 
against; (yea, a sword shall pierce 
through thy own soul also ;)that the 
thoughts of many hearts may be re¬ 
vealed. And there was one Anna, 
a prophetess, the daughter of Pha- 
nuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was 
of a great age, and had lived with 
an husband seven years from her 
virginity; and she was a widow of 
about fourscore and four years, 
which departed not from the temple, 
but served God with fastings and 
prayers night and day. And she 
coming in that instant gave thanks 
likewise unto the Lord, and spake 
of him to all them that looked for re¬ 
demption in Jerusalem. And when 
they had performed all things ac¬ 
cording to the Law of the Lord, they 
returned into Galilee, to their own 
city Nazareth. And the child grew, 
and waxed strong in spirit, filled with 
wisdom; and the grace of God was 
upon him. 


saint Matthias’s day. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who into 
the place of the traitor Judas 
didst choose thy faithful servant 
Matthias to be of the number of the 
twelve Apostles; Grant that thy 
Church, being always preserved 
from false Apostles, may be ordered 
and guided by faithful and true pas- 






1C6 


THE ANNUNCIATION. 


tors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts i. 15. 

N those days Peter stood up in 
the midst of the disciples, and 
said, (the number of the names to¬ 
gether were about an hundred and 
twenty,) Men and brethren, this 
Scripture must needs have been ful¬ 
filled, which the Holy Ghost by the 
mouth of David spake before con¬ 
cerning Judas, who was guide to 
them that took Jesus. For he was 
numbered with us, and had obtained 
part of this ministry. Now this man 
purchased a field with the reward 
of iniquity; and falling headlong, 
he burst asunder in the midst, and 
all his bowels gushed out. And it 
was known to all the dwellers at 
Jerusalem; insomuch as that field 
is called in their proper tongue, Acel¬ 
dama, that is to say, The field of 
blood. For it is written in the book 
of Psalms, Let his habitation be 
desolate, and let no man dwell 
therein; and, His bishopric let ano¬ 
ther take. Wherefore of these men 
which have companied with us all 
the time that the Lord Jesus went 
in and out among us, beginning 
from the baptism of John, unto that 
same day that he was taken up from 
us, must one be ordained to be a wit¬ 
ness with us of his resurrection. And 
they appointed two, Joseph called 
Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, 
and Matthias. And they prayed, 
and said, Thou, Lord, which know- 
est the hearts of all men, show 
whether of these two thou hast cho¬ 
sen ; that he may take part of this 
ministry and apostleship, from which 
Judas by transgression fell, that he 
might go to his own place. And 
they gave forth their lots; and the 
lot fell upon Matthias; and he 
was numbered with the eleven 
Apostles. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 25 

A T that time Jesus answered 
and said, I thank thee, O Fa¬ 
ther, Lord of heaven and earth, be¬ 
cause thou hast hid these things from 
the wise and prudent, and hast re¬ 
vealed them unto babes. Even so, 
Father, for so it seemed good in thy 
sight. All things are delivered unto 
me of my Father: and no man 
knoweth the Son, but the Father; 
neither knoweth any man the Fa¬ 
ther, save the Son, and he to whom¬ 
soever the Son will reveal him. Come 
unto me, all ye that labour and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you 
rest. Take my yoke upon you, and 
learn of me; for I am meek and 
lowly in heart: and ye shall find 
rest unto your souls. For my yoke is 
easy, and my burden is light. 


THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

The Collect. 

E beseech thee, O Lord, poui 
thy grace into our hearts; 
that as we have known the incarna¬ 
tion of thy Son Jesus Christ by the 
message of an Angel, so by his cross 
and passion we may be brought unto 
the glory of his resurrection; through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Isa. vii. 10. 
OREOYER, the Lord spake 
again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask 
thee a sign of the Lord thy God; 
ask it either in the depth, or in the 
height above. But Ahaz said, I 
will not ask, neither will I tempt the 
Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, 
O house of David; Is it a small 
thing for you to weary men, but will 
ye weary my God also ? Therefore 
the Lord himself shall give you a 
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, 
and bear a son, and shall call his 







107 


SAINT MARK’S DAY. 


name Emmanuel. Butter and ho¬ 
ney shall he eat, that he may know 
to refuse the evil, and choose the 
good. 

The Gospel St. Luke i. 26. 

A ND in the sixth month the 
Angel Gabriel was sent from 
God unto a city of Galilee, named 
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a 
man whose name was Joseph, of 
the house of David; and the vir¬ 
gin’s name was Mary. And the 
Angel came in unto her, and said, 
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, 
the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou 
among women! And when she saw 
him, she was troubled at his saying, 
and cast in her mind what manner 
of salutation this should be. And 
the Angel said unto her, Fear not, 
Mary; for thou hast found favour 
with God. And behold, thou shalt 
conceive in thy womb, and bring 
forth a son, and shalt call his name 
JESUS. He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of the High¬ 
est ; and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of his father 
David. And he shall reign over 
the house of Jacob for ever ; and of 
his kingdom there shall be no end. 
Then said Mary unto the Angel, 
How shall this be, seeing I know not 
a man ? And the Angel answered 
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power 
of the Highest shall overshadow thee: 
therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be called 
the Son of God. And behold, thy 
cousin Elisabeth, she hath also con¬ 
ceived a son in her old age; and this 
is the sixth month with her, who was 
called barren. For with God no¬ 
thing shall be impossible. And 
Mary said, Behold the handmaid of 
the Lord ; be it unto me according 
to thy word. And the Angel depart¬ 
ed from her. 


SAINT MARK’S DAY. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who hast 
instructed thy holy Church with 
the heavenly doctrine of thy Evan¬ 
gelist Saint Mark;Give us grace that, 
being not like children carried away 
with every blast of vain doctrine, we 
may be established in the truth of 
thy holy Gospel; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. 
NTO every one of us is given 
grace, according to the measure 
of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he 
saith, When he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave 
gifts unto men. (Noav that he as¬ 
cended, what is it but that he also 
descended first into the lower parts 
of the earth ? He that descended is 
the same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might fill 
all things.) And he gave some Apos¬ 
tles, and some Prophets, and some 
Evangelists, and some Pastors and 
Teachers; for the perfecting of the 
saints, for the work of the ministry, 
for the edifying of the body of Christ; 
till we all come in the unity of the 
faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of Christ; that we hence¬ 
forth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with 
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight 
of men, and cunning craftiness, 
whereby they lie in wait to deceive ; 
but speaking the truth in love, may 
grow up into him in all things, 
which is the head,even Christ: from 
whom the whole body fitly joined 
together and compacted by that 
which every joint supplieth, accord¬ 
ing to the effectual working in the 
measure of every part, maketh in¬ 
crease of the body, unto ihe edifying 
of itself in love. 





108 


ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES’S DAY. 


The Gospel. St. John xv. 1. 
AM the true vine, and my Fa¬ 
ther is the husbandman. Every 
branch in me that beareth not fruit 
he taketh away; and every branch 
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that 
it may bring forth more fruit. Now 
ye are clean through the word which 
I have spoken unto you. Abide in 
me, and I in you. As the branch 
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it 
abide in the vine; no more can ye, 
except ye abide in me. I am the 
vine, ye are the branches: he that 
abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit; for with¬ 
out me ye can do nothing. If a 
man abide not in me, he is cast forth 
as a branch, and is withered; and 
men gather them, and cast them in¬ 
to the fire, and they are burned. If 
ye abide in me, and my words abide 
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, 
and it shall be done unto you. 
Herein is my Father glorified, that 
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be 
my disciples. As the Father hath 
loved me, so have I loved you: con¬ 
tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my 
commandments, ye shall abide in 
my love; even as I have kept, my 
Father’s commandments, and abide 
in his love. These things have I 
spoken unto you, that my joy might 
remain in you, and that your joy 
might be full. 

SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT 

james’s day. 

The Collect . 

ALMIGHTY God, whom tru¬ 
ly to know is everlasting life; 
Grant us perfectly to know thjr Son 
Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, 
and the life; that,following the steps 
of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip 
and Saint James, we may steadfast¬ 
ly walk in the way that leadeth to 
eternal life; through the same thy 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. St. James i. 1. 
AMES, a servant of God and of 
the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 
twelve tribes which are scattered 
abroad, greeting. My brethren, 
count it all joy when ye fall into di¬ 
vers temptations; knowing this, that 
the trying of your faith worketh pa¬ 
tience. But let patience have her 
perfect work, that ye may be perfect 
and entire, wanting nothing. If any 
of you lack wisdom, let him ask of 
God, that giveth to all men liberally, 
and upbraideth not, and it shall be 
given him. But let him ask in faith, 
nothing wavering; for he that wa- 
vereth is like a wave of the sea, 
driven with the wind and tossed. 
For let not that man think that he 
shall receive any thing of the Lord. 
A double-minded man is unstable 
in all his ways. Let the brother of 
low degree rejoice in that he is ex¬ 
alted ; but the rich in that he is made 
low; because as the flower of the grass 
he shall pass away. For the sun 
is no sooner risen with a burning 
heat, but it withereth the grass, and 
the flower thereof falleth, and the 
grace of the fashion of it perisheth: 
so also shall the rich man fade away 
in his ways. Blessed is the man 
that endureth temptation ; for when 
he is tried, he shall receive the 
crown of life, which the Lord hath 
promised to them that love him. 

The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1. 
ND Jesus said unto his disci¬ 
ples, Let not your heart be 
troubled ; ye believe in God, believe 
also in me. In my Father’s house 
are many mansions; if it were not 
so, I would have told you. I go to 
prepare a place for you : and if I 
go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again, and receive you 
unto myself, that where I am, there 
ye may be also. And whither I go 
ye know, and the way ye know. 
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we 







109 


ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. 


know not whither thou goest;and 
how can we know the way ? Jesus 
saith unto him, I am the way, and the 
truth, and the life: no man cometh 
unto the Father but by me. If ye 
had known me, ye should have 
known my Father also : and from 
henceforth ye know him, and have 
seen him. Philip saith unto him, 
Lord, show us the Father, and it 
sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, 
Have I been so long time with you, 
and yet hast thou not known me, 
Philip ? He that hath seen me 
hath seen the Father ; and how 
sayest thou then, Show us the Fa¬ 
ther ? Belie vest thou not that I am 
in the Father, and the Father in me? 
The words that I speak unto you, 
I speak not of myself ; but the Fa¬ 
ther, that dwelleth in me, he doeth 
the works. Believe me, that I am 
in the Father, and the Father in 
me ; or else believe me for the very 
work’s sake. Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, he that believeth on me, 
the works that I do shall he do al¬ 
so ; and greater works than these 
shall he do; because I go unto my 
Father. And whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my Name that will I do, that 
the Father may be glorified in the 
Son. If ye shall ask any thing in 
my name, I will do it. 

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. 

The Collect. 

LORD God Almighty, who 
didst endue thy holy apostle 
Barnabas with singular gifts of the 
Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we be¬ 
seech thee, destitute of thy manifold 
gifts, nor yet of grace to use them 
alway to thy honour and glory; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22. 

T IDINGS of these things came 
unto the ears of the Church 
which was in Jerusalem; and they 


sent forth Barnabas, that he should 
go as far as Antioch : who, when he 
came, and had seen the grace of 
God, was glad ; and exhorted them 
all, that with purpose of heart they 
would cleave unto the Lord. For 
he was a good man, and full of the 
Holy Ghost, and of faith: and much 
people was added unto the Lord. 
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, 
for to seek Saul: and when he had 
found him, he brought him unto 
Antioch. And it came to pass, that 
a whole year they assembled them¬ 
selves with the Church, and taught 
much people: and the disciples 
were called Christians first in Anti¬ 
och. And in these days came pro¬ 
phets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 
And there stood up one of them, 
named Agabus, and signified by the 
Spirit, that there should be great 
dearth throughout all the world; 
which came to pass in the days of 
Claudius Caesar. Then the disci¬ 
ples, every man according to his abil¬ 
ity, determined to send relief unto 
the brethren which dwelt in Judea. 
Which also they did, and sent it to 
the elders by the hands of Barnabas 
and Saul. 

The Gospel. St. John xv. 12. 
HIS is my commandment, That 
ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. Greater love hath no 
man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. Ye are my 
friends, if ye do whatsoever I com¬ 
mand you. Henceforth I call you 
not servants, for the servant know- 
eth not what his lord doeth; but I 
have called you friends, for all 
things that I have heard of my Fa¬ 
ther I have made known unto you. 
Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye 
should go and bring forth fruit, and 
that your fruit should remain : that 
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fa¬ 
ther in my Name he may give it you. 






110 


SAINT JOHN BAPTIST’S DAY. 


SAINT JOHN BAPTIST’S DAY. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, by whose 
providence thy servant John 
Baptist was wonderfully born, and 
sent to prepare the way of thy Son 
our Saviour, by preaching repent¬ 
ance ; Make us so to follow his doc¬ 
trine and holy life, that we may truly 
repent according to his preaching; 
and after his example constantly 
speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, 
and patiently suffer for the truth’s 
sake;through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Isa. xl. 1. 
OMFORT ye, comfort ye my 
people, saith your God. Speak 
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and 
cry unto her, that her warfare is ac¬ 
complished ; that her iniquity is par¬ 
doned : for she hath received of the 
Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 
The voice of him that crieth in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make straight in the des¬ 
ert a highway for our God. Every 
valley shall be exalted, and every 
mountain and hill shall be made 
low, and the crooked shall be made 
straight, and the rough places plain. 
And the glory of *the Lord shall be 
revealed, and all flesh shall see it 
together ; for the mouth of the Lord 
hath spoken it. The voice said, 
Cry. And he said, What shall I 
cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower of 
the field. The grass withereth, the 
flower fadeth, because the Spirit of 
the LoRDbloweth upon it: surely the 
people is grass. The grass wither¬ 
eth, the flower fadeth ; but the word 
of our God shall stand for ever. O 
Zion, that bringest good tidings, get 
thee up into the high mountain : O 
Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, 
lift up thy voice with strength ; lift 
it up, be not afraid: say unto the 


cities of Judah, Behold your God! 
Behold, the Lord God will come 
with strong hand, and his arm shall 
rule for him : behold, his reward is 
with him, and his work before him. 
He shall feed his flock like a shep¬ 
herd ; he shall gather the lambs 
with his arm, and carry them in his 
bosom, and shall gently lead those 
that are with young. 

The Gospel. St. Luke i. 57. 

LISABETH’S full time came 
that she should be delivered; 
and she brought forth a son. And 
her neighbours and her cousins 
heard how the Lord had showed 
great mercy upon her; and they re¬ 
joiced with her. And it came to 
pass that on the eighth day they 
came to circumcise the child ; and 
they called him Zacharias, after the 
name of his father. And his mo¬ 
ther answered and said, Not so ; but 
he shall be called John. And they 
said unto her, There is none of thy 
kindred that is called by this name. 
And they made signs to his father, 
how he would have him called. And 
he asked for a writing-table, and 
wrote, saying, His name is John. 
And they marvelled all. And his 
mouth was opened immediately, and 
his tongue loosed, and he spake, and 
praised God. And fear came on all 
that dwelt round about them ; and 
all these sayings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill-country of Ju¬ 
dea. And all they that had heard 
them, laid them up in their hearts, 
saying, What manner of child shall 
this be ! And the hand of the Lord 
was with him. And his father Zach¬ 
arias was filled with the Holy Ghost, 
and prophesied, saying, Blessed be 
the Lord God of Israel: for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people, and 
hath raised up an horn of salvation 
for us, in the house of his servant 
David ; as he spake by the mouth 









Ill 


SAINT PETER’S DAY. 


of his holy Prophets, which have 
been since the world began; that 
we should be saved from our enemies, 
and from the hand of all that hate 
us ; to perform the mercy promised 
to our fathers, and to remember his 
holy covenant; the oath which he 
sware to our father Abraham, that 
he would grant unto us, that we, 
being delivered out of the hand of 
our enemies, might serve him with¬ 
out fear, in holiness and righteous¬ 
ness before him, all the days of our 
life. And thou, child, shalt be call¬ 
ed the Prophet of the Highest: for 
thou shalt go before the face of the 
Lord, to prepare his ways; to give 
knowledge of salvation unto his peo¬ 
ple by the remission of their sins, 
through the tender mercy of our 
God, whereby the day-spring from 
on high hath visited us; to give light 
to them that sit in darkness and in 
the shadow of death, to guide our 
feet into the way of peace. And the 
child grew, and waxed strong in 
spirit; and was in the deserts till the 
day of his showing unto Israel. 


saint peter’s day. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who by 
thy Son Jesus Christ didst give 
to thy Apostle Saint Peter many ex¬ 
cellent gifts, and commandest him 
earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, 
we beseech thee, all Bishops and 
Pastors diligently to preach thy holy 
Word, and the people obediently to 
follow the same, that they may re¬ 
ceive the crown of everlasting glory; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. 
BOUT that time Herod the 
king stretched forth his hands 
to vex certain of the Church. And 
he killed James the brother of John 
with the sword. And, because he 


saw it pleased the Jews, he proceed¬ 
ed further to take Peter also. (Then 
were the days of unleavened bread.) 
And when he had apprehended him, 
he put him in prison, and deliver¬ 
ed him to four quaternions of sol¬ 
diers to keep him, intending after 
Easter to bring him forth to the 
people. Peter therefore was kept in 
prison ; but prayer was made with¬ 
out ceasing of the Church unto God 
for him. And when Herod would 
have brought him forth, the same 
night Peter was sleeping between 
two soldiers, bound with two chains ) 
and the keepers before the door kept 
the prison. And behold, the Angel 
of the Lord came upon him, and a 
light shined in the prison; and he 
smote Peter on the side, and raised 
him up, saying, Arise up quickly. 
And his chains fell off from his 
hands. And the Angel said unto 
him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy 
sandals : and so he did. And he 
saith unto him, Cast thy garment 
about thee, and follow me. And he 
went out, and followed him ; and 
wist not that it was true which was 
done by the Angel; but thought he 
saw a vision. When they were 
past the first and the second ward, 
they came unto the iron gate that 
leadeth unto the city, which opened 
to them of his own accord; and they 
went out, and passed on through 
one street, and forthwith the Angel 
departed from him. And when Pe¬ 
ter was come to himself, he said, 
Now I know of a surety that the 
Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath 
delivered me out of the hand of He¬ 
rod, and from all the expectation of 
the people of the Jews. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xvi. 13. 

HEN Jesus came into the 
coasts of Caesarea Philippi, 
he asked his disciples, saying, Whom 
do men say that I, the Son of Man, 







SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. 


112 

am ? And they said, Some say that 
thou art John the Baptist, some 
Elias, and others Jeremias, or one 
of the Prophets. He saith unto them, 
But whom say ye that I am ? And 
Simon Peter answered and said, 
Thou art the Christ,the Son of the liv¬ 
ing God. And Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Blessed art thou, Si¬ 
mon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood 
hath not revealed it unto thee, but 
my Father which is in heaven. And 
I say also unto thee, That thou art 
Peter, and upon this rock I will build 
my Church; and the gates of hell 
shall not prevail against it. And I 
will give unto thee the keys of the 
Kingdom of Heaven: and whatso¬ 
ever thou shalt bind on earth shall 
be bound in heaven; and whatso¬ 
ever thou shalt loose on earth shall 
be loosed in heaven. 


SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. 

The Collect. 

RANT, O merciful God, that 
as thine holy Apostle Saint 
James, leaving his father and all 
/hat he had, without delay was obe¬ 
dient unto the calling of thy Son 
Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so 
we, forsaking all worldly and carnal 
affections, may be evermore ready 
to follow thy holy commandments; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts xi. 27, and 
part of Chapter xii. 

N those days came prophets from 
Jerusalem unto Antioch. And 
there stood up one of them named 
Agabus, and signified by the Spirit 
that there should be great dearth 
throughout all the world; which 
came to pass in the days of Claudius 
Caesar. Then the disciples, every 
man according to his ability, deter¬ 
mined to send relief unto the breth¬ 
ren which dwelt in Judea. Which 


also they did, and sent it to the elders 
by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. 
Now about that time Herod the 
king stretched forth his hands to 
vex certain of the Church. And 
he killed James the brother of 
John with the sword. And, be¬ 
cause he saw it pleased the Jews, 
he proceeded farther to take Peter 
also. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. xx. 20. 
HEN came to him the mother 
of Zebedee’s children with 
her sons, worshipping him, and de¬ 
siring a certain thing of him. And 
he said unto her, What wilt thou ? 
She saith unto him, Grant that 
these my two sons may sit, the one 
on thy right hand, and the other on 
the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus 
answered and said, Ye know not 
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink 
of the cup that I shall drink of, and 
to be baptized with the baptism that 
I am baptized with ? They say 
unto him, We are able. And he 
saith unto them, Ye shall drink in¬ 
deed of my cup, and be baptized 
with the baptism that I am baptized 
with: but to sit on my right hand, 
and on my left, is not mine to give; 
but it shall be given to them for 
whom it is prepared of my Father. 
And when the ten heard it, they 
were moved with indignation against 
the two brethren. But Jesus called 
them unto him, and said, Ye know 
that the princes of the Gentiles ex¬ 
ercise dominion over them, and they 
that are great exercise authority upon 
them. But it shall not be so among 
you: but whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minis¬ 
ter ; and whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant: 
even as the Son of Man came not 
to be ministered unto, but to minis¬ 
ter, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 







SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 


113 


SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE 
APOSTLE. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who didst give to thine 
Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to 
believe and to preach thy Word; 
Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy 
Church, to love that Word which he 
believed, and both to preach and re¬ 
ceive the same; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts v. 12. 

Y the hands of the Apostles were 
many signs and wonders 
wrought among the people; (and 
they were all with one accord in 
Solomon’s porch; and of the rest 
durst no man join himself to them ; 
but the people magnified them; 
and believers were the more added 
to the Lord, multitudes both of men 
and women ;) insomuch that they 
brought forth the sick into the streets, 
and laid them on beds and couches, 
that at least the shadow of Peter 
passing by might overshadow some 
of them. There came also a multi¬ 
tude out of the cities round about 
unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, 
and them which were vexed with 
unclean spiiits; and they were heal¬ 
ed every one. 

The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 24. 
ND there was also a strife 
among them, which of them 
should be accounted the greatest. 
And he said unto them, The kings 
of the Gentiles exercise lordship over 
them; and they that exercise au¬ 
thority upon them are called bene¬ 
factors. But ye shall not be so: 
but he that is greatest among you, 
let him be as the younger; and he 
that is chief, as he that doth serve. 
For whether is greater, he that sit- 
teth at meat, or he that serveth ? is 
not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am 
among you as he that serveth. Ye 
P 


are they which have continued with 
me in my temptations. And I ap¬ 
point unto you a kingdom, as my 
Father hath appointed unto me; 
that ye may eat and drink at my 
table in my kingdom, and sit on 
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. 


SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who by thy 
blessed Son didst call Matthew 
from the receipt of custom to be an 
Apostle and Evangelist; Grant us 
grace to forsake all covetous desires, 
and inordinate love of riches, and to 
follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, 
who livetli and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

The Epistle. 2 Cor. iv. 1. 
HEREFORE, seeing we have 
this ministry, as we have re¬ 
ceived mercy, we faint not; but have 
renounced the hidden things of dis¬ 
honesty, not walking in craftiness, 
nor handling the Word of God de¬ 
ceitfully, but by manifestation of the 
truth commending ourselves to every 
man’s conscience in the sight of God. 
But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to 
them that are lost: in whom the 
God of this world hath blinded the 
minds of them which believe not, 
lest the light of the glorious Gospel 
of Christ, who is the image of God, 
should shine unto them. For we 
preach not ourselves, but Christ 
Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your 
servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, 
who commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness, hath shined in our 
hearts, to give the light of the know¬ 
ledge of the glory of God in the face 
of Jesus Christ. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 9. 
ND as Jesus passed forth from 
thence, he saw a man, named 
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of cus- 










L14 


SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 


tom: and he saith unto him, Follow 
me. And he arose, and followed 
him. And it came to pass, as Jesus 
sat at meat in the house, behold,ma¬ 
ny Publicans and sinners came and 
sat down with him and his disciples. 
And when the Pharisees saw it, they 
said unto his disciples, Why eateth 
your Master with Publicans and sin¬ 
ners ? But when Jesus heard that, 
he said unto them, They that be 
whole need not a physician, but they 
that are sick. But go ye and learn 
what that meaneth, I will have mer¬ 
cy, and not sacrifice; for I am not 
come to call the righteous, but sin¬ 
ners to repentance. 


SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 

The Collect. 

EVERLASTING God, who 
hast ordained and constituted 
the services of Angels and men in a 
wonderful order; Mercifully grant, 
that as thy holy Angels always do 
thee service in heaven, so, by thy 
appointment, they may succour and 
defend us on earth; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Rev. xii. 7. 
HERE was war in heaven : 
Michael and his angels fought 
against the dragon ; and the dragon 
fought and his angels; and prevailed 
not, neither was their place found 
any more in heaven. And the great 
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, 
called the Devil and Satan, which 
deceiveth the whole world; he was 
cast out into the earth, and his an¬ 
gels were cast out with him. And I 
heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 
Now is come salvation,and strength, 
and the kingdom of our God, and 
the power of his Christ: for the ac¬ 
cuser of our brethren is cast down, 
which accused them before our God 
day and night. And they overcame 
Him by the blood of the Lamb, and 


by the word of their testimony; and 
they loved not their fives unto the 
death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, 
and ye that dwell in them ! Wo to 
the inhabiters of the earth and of 
the sea! for the devil is come down 
unto you, having great wrath, be¬ 
cause he knoweth that he hath but 
a short time. 

The Gospel. St. Matt, xviii. 1. 

T the same time came the dis¬ 
ciples unto Jesus, saying, Who 
is the greatest in the Kingdom of 
Heaven ? And Jesus called a little 
child unto him, and set him in the 
midst of them, and said, Verily I say 
unto you, Except ye be converted, 
and become as little children, ye 
shall not enter into the Kingdom of 
Heaven. Whosoever therefore shall 
humble himself as this little child, 
the same is greatest in the Kingdom 
of Heaven. And whoso shall receive 
one such little child in my Name, re- 
ceiveth me. But whoso shall offend 
one of these little ones which believe 
in me, it were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned in 
the depth of the sea. Wo unto the 
world because of offences! for it must 
needs be that offences come ; but wo 
to that man by whom the offence 
cometh ! Wherefore if thy hand or 
thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and 
cast them from thee: it is better for 
thee to enter into fife halt or maimed, 
rather than having two hands or two 
feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck 
it out, and cast it from thee: it is 
better for thee to enter into fife with 
one eye, rather than having two 
eyes to be cast into hell-fire. Take 
heed that ye despise not one of these 
little ones, for I say unto you, That 
in heaven their angels do always 
behold the face of my Father which 
is in heaven. 







SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE. 


115 


SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who calledst 
Luke the Physician, whose 
praise is in the Gospel,to be an Evan¬ 
gelist,and Physician of the soul; May 
it please thee, that,by the wholesome 
medicines of the doctrine delivered 
by him, all the diseases of our souls 
may be healed; through the merits 
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. 2 Tim iv. 5. 

ATCH thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work 
of an Evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. For I am now ready 
to be offered, and the time of my de¬ 
parture is at hand. I have fought 
a good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith. Hence¬ 
forth there is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness, which the Lord,the 
righteous Judge,shall give me at that 
day: and not to me only, but unto 
all them also that love his appearing. 
Do thy diligence to come shortly 
unto me: for Demas hath forsaken 
me, having loved this present world, 
and is departed unto Thessalonica; 
Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dal¬ 
matia. Only Luke is with me. 
Take Mark, and bring him with 
thee: for he is profitable to me for the 
ministry. And Tychicus have I 
sent to Ephesus. The cloak that I 
left at Troas with Carpus, when 
thou comest, bring with thee; and 
the books, but especially the parch¬ 
ments. Alexander the coppersmith 
did me much evil: the Lord reward 
him according to his works. Of 
whom be thou ware also; for he 
hath greatly withstood our words. 

The Gospel. St. Luke x. 1. 
HE Lord appointed other se¬ 
venty also, and sent them two 
and two before his face into every 


city and place, whither he himself 
would come. Therefore said he unto 
them, The harvest truly is great, but 
the labourers are few ; pray ye there¬ 
fore the lord of the harvest, that he 
would send forth labourers into his 
harvest. Go your ways ; behold, I 
send you forth as lambs among 
wolves. Carry neither purse, nor 
scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man 
by the way. And into whatsoever 
house ye enter, first say, Peace be to 
this house ! And if the son of peace 
be there, your peace shall rest upon 
it: if not, it shall turn to you again. 
And in the same house remain, eat¬ 
ing and drinking such things as they 
give: for the labourer is worthy of his 
hire. 


SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, 
APOSTLES. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who hast 
built thy Church upon the 
foundation of the Apostles and Pro¬ 
phets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
head corner-stone; Grant us so to 
be joined together in unity of spirit 
by their doctrine, that we may be 
made an holy temple acceptable un¬ 
to thee; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. St. Jude 1. 
UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, 
and brother of James, to them 
that are sanctified by God the Fa¬ 
ther, and preserved in Jesus Christ, 
and called: Mercy unto you, and 
peace, and love be multiplied. Be¬ 
loved, when I gave all diligence to 
write unto you of the common sal¬ 
vation, it was needful for me to write 
unto you, and exhort you that ye 
should earnestly contend for the faith 
which was once delivered unto the 
saints. For there are certain men 
crept in unawares, who were before 
of old ordained to this condemnation, 








116 


ALL SAINTS’ DAY. 


ungodly men, turning the grace of 
our God into lasciviousness, and de¬ 
nying the only Lord God and our 
Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore 
put you in remembrance, though ye 
once knew this, how that the Lord, 
having saved the people out of the 
land of Egypt, afterward destroyed 
them that believed not. And the 
angels which kept not their first 
estate, but left their own habita¬ 
tion, he hath reserved in everlasting 
chains under darkness unto the 
judgment of the great day. Even 
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the 
cities about them, in like manner, 
giving themselves over to fornica¬ 
tion, and going after strange flesh, 
are set forth for an example, suffer¬ 
ing the vengeance of eternal fire. 
Likewise also these filthy dreamers 
defile the flesh, despise dominion, and 
speak evil of dignities. 

The Gospel. St. John xv. 17. 

HESE things I command you, 
that ye love one another. If the 
world hate you, ye know that it 
hated me before it hated you. If ye 
were of the world, the world would 
love his own: but because ye are 
mot of the world, but I have chosen 
you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. Remember the 
word that I said unto you, The ser¬ 
vant is not greater than his lord. If 
they have persecuted me, they will 
also persecute you; if they have 
kept my saying, they will keep yours 
also. But all these things will they 
do unto you for my Name’s sake, 
because they know not Him that sent 
me. If I had not come and spoken 
unto them, they had not had sin: 
but now they have no cloak for their 
sin. He that hateth me hateth my 
Father also. If I had not done 
among them the works which none 
other man did, they had not had 
sin; but now have they both seen 


and hated both me and my Father, 
But this cometh to pass, that the 
word might be fulfilled that is writ¬ 
ten in their law, They hated me 
without a cause. But when the 
Comforter is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth 
from the Father, he shall testify of 
me. And ye also shall bear witness, 
because ye have been with me from 
the beginning. 

ALL saints’ DAY. 

The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who hast 
knit together thine elect in one 
communion and fellowship, in the 
mystical body of thy Son Christ our 
Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy 
blessed Saints in all virtuous and 
godly living, that we may come to 
those unspeakable joys, which thou 
hast prepared for those who unfeign- 
edly love thee; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Rev. vii. 2. 
ND I saw another angel as¬ 
cending from the east, having 
the seal of the living God: and he 
cried with a loud voice to the four 
angels, to whom it was given to hurt 
the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt 
not the earth, neither the sea, nor the 
trees, till we have sealed the servants 
of our God in their foreheads. And 
I heard the number of them which 
were sealed ; and there were sealed 
an hundred and forty and four thou¬ 
sand, of all the tribes of the children 
of Israel. 

Of the tribe of Judah were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Gad were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Aser were sealed 
twelve thousand. 







ALL SAINTS’ DAY. 


Of the tribe ofNephthali were 
sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Manasses were 
sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Levi were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Issachar were seal¬ 
ed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Zabulon were seal¬ 
ed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Benjamin were 
sealed twelve thousand. 

After this I beheld, and lo, a great 
multitude, which no man could num¬ 
ber, of all nations, and kindreds, and 
people, and tongues, stood before the 
throne, and before the Lamb, clothed 
with white robes, and palms in their 
hands; and cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Salvation to our God which 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb! And all the angels stood 
round about the throne, and about 
the elders, and the four beasts, and 
fell before the throne on their faces, 
and worshipped God, saying, Amen; 
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, 
and thanksgiving, and honour, and 


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power, and might, be unto our God 
for ever and ever! Amen. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 1. 

J ESUS seeing the multitudes, 
went up into a mountain : and 
when he was set, his disciples came 
unto him. And he opened his 
mouth, and taught them, saying, 
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for 
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 
Blessed are they that mourn: for 
they shall be comforted. Blessed are 
the meek: for they shall inherit the 
earth. Blessed are they which do 
hunger and thirst after righteous¬ 
ness : for they shall be filled. Bless¬ 
ed are the merciful: for they shall 
obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure 
in heart: for they shall see God. 
Blessed are the peace-makers: for 
they shall be called the children of 
God. Blessed are they which are 
persecuted for righteousness 5 sake: 
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 
Blessed are ye, when men shall re¬ 
vile you, and persecute you, and 
shall say all manner of evil against 
you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, 
and be exceeding glad ; for great is 
your reward in heaven: for so per¬ 
secuted they the prophets which 
were before you. 



L118J 


THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION 

OF THE 

LORD’S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION. 


H If among those who come to be partakers of the Holy Communion, the Minister shall 
know any to be an open and notorious evil liver, or to have done any wrong to his neigh¬ 
bours by word or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby offended; he shall advertise 
him, that he presume not to come to the Lord’s Table, until he have openly declared him¬ 
self to have truly repented and amended his former evil life, that the Congregation may 
thereby be satisfied; and that he hath recompensed the parties to whom he hath done 
wrong ; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conveniently 
may. 

IT The same order shall the Minister use with those, betwixt whom he perceiveth malice 
and hatred to reign ; not suffering them to be partakers of the Lord’s Table, until he know 
them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties, so at variance, be content to forgive 
from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make 
amends for that wherein he himself hath offended; and the other party will not be per¬ 
suaded to a godly unity, but remain still in his frowardness and malice ; the Minister 
in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the Holy Communion, and not him that 
is obstinate. Provided, that every Minister so repelling any, as is herein specified, shall 
be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary, as soon as conveniently may 
be. 

H The Table, at the Communion-time having a fair white linen cloth upon it, shall 
stand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancel. And the Minister, standing at 
the right side of the Table, or where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to 
be said, shall say the Lord’s Prayer and the Collect following, the People kneeling; but 
the Lord’s Prayer may be omitted, if Morning Prayer hath been said immediately be¬ 
fore. 


UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

The Collect . • 

fa LMIGHTY God, unto whom 
all hearts are open, all desires 
known, and from whom no secrets 
are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our 
hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may perfectly love 
thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
Name; through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

V Then shall the Minister, turning to the 
People, rehearse distinctly the Ten 


Commandments ; and the People still 
kneeling, shall, after every command¬ 
ment, ask God mercy for their trans¬ 
gressions for the time past, and grace to 
keep the law for the time to come, as fol- 
loweth. 

Minister. 

OD spake these words, and 
said; I am the Lord thy God : 
Thou shalt have none other gods but 
me. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not make 
to thyself any graven image, nor the 
likeness of any thing that is in hea¬ 
ven above, or in the earth beneath, 
or in the water under the earth. 
Thou shalt not bow down to them, 
nor worship them: for I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, and visit 
the sins of the fathers upon the child¬ 
ren, unto the third and fourth gene¬ 
ration ol them that hate me; and 







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show mercy unto thousands in them 
that love me, and keep my command¬ 
ments. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not take 
the Name of the Lord thy God in 
vain: for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless, that taketh his Name in 
vain. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Remember that thou 
keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six 
days shalt thou labour, and do all 
that thou hast to do; but the seventh 
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 
God. In it thou shalt do no manner 
of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, and thy 
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the 
stranger that is within thy gates. 
For in six days the Lord made heav¬ 
en and earth, the sea, and all that in 
them is, and rested the seventh day: 
wherefore the Lord blessed the sev¬ 
enth day, and hallowed it. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Honour thy father and 
thy mother; that thy days may be 
long in the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt do no mur¬ 
der. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not com¬ 
mit adultery. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not steal. 


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People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not bear 
false witness against thy neighbour. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts Jo keep 
this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not covet 
thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his 
servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor 
his ass, nor any thing that is his. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and write all these thy laws in 
our hearts, we beseech thee. 

IT Then the Minister may say, 

Hear also what our Lord Jesus 
Christ saith. 

HOU shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. This is the first and great 
commandment. And the second is 
like unto it; Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. On these two 
commandments hang all the Law 
and the Prophets. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY Lord, and ever¬ 
lasting God, vouchsafe, we be¬ 
seech thee, to direct, sanctify, and 
govern, both our hearts and bodies, 
in the ways of thy laws, and in the 
works of thy commandments ; that, 
through thy most mighty protection, 
both here and ever, we may be pre¬ 
served in body and soul; through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

IT Then shall be said the Collect of the 
Day. And immediately after the Collect 
the Minister shall read the Epistle, say¬ 
ing, The Epistle [or, The portion of 
Scripture appointed for the Epistle J is 
written in the — Chapter of -, begin¬ 

ning at the — Verse. And the Epistle 
ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Epis¬ 
tle. Then shall he read the Gospel (the 
People all standing up) saying, The Holy 

Gospel is written in the — Chapter of - 

beginning at the — Verse. 






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IT Here the People shall say, 

Glory be to thee, O Lord. 

V Then shall be read the Apostles’, or Ni- 
cene Creed; unless one of them hath been 
read immediately before in the Morning 
Service. 

IT Then the Minister shall declare unto 
the People what Holy-days, or Fasting- 
days, are in the week following to be 
observed ; and (if occasion be) shall No¬ 
tice be given of the Communion, and of the 
Bans of Matrimony, and other matters to 
be published. 

IT Then shall follow the Sermon. After 
which, the Minister, when there is a Com¬ 
munion, shall return to the Lori’s Table, 
and begin the Offertory, saying one or 
more of these Sentences following, as he 
thinketh most convenient. 

L ET your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your 
good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 16. 

Lay not up for yourselves treas¬ 
ures upon earth; where moth and 
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 
break through and steal: but lay up 
for yourselves treasures in heaven ; 
where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal. St. Matt. 
vi. 19, 20. 

Whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, even so do to them: 
for this is the Law and the Prophets. 
St. Matt. vii. 12. 

Not every one that saith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
Kingdom of Heaven; but he that 
doeth the will of my Father which 
is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. 

Zaccheus stood forth, and said 
unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the 
half of my goods I give to the poor; 
and if I have done any wrong to 
any man, I restore four-fold. St. 
Luke xix. 8. 

Who goeth a warfare at any time 
of his own cost ? Who planteth a 
vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit 
thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, 
and eateth not of the milk of the 
flock ? 1 Cor. ix. 7. 


If we have sown unto you spirit¬ 
ual things, is it a great matter if we 
shall reap your worldly things ? 1 

Cor. ix. 11. 

Do ye not know, that they who 
minister about holy things live of the 
sacrifice ; and they who wait at the 
altar are partakers with the altar ? 
Even so hath the Lord also ordained, 
that they who preach the Gospel 
should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor . 
ix. 13, 14. 

He that soweth little shall reap 
little ; and he that soweth plenteous- 
ly shall reap plenteoOsly. Let every 
man do according as he is disposed 
in his heart, not grudgingly, or of 
necessity; for God loveth a cheer¬ 
ful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. 

Let him that is taught in the Word 
minister unto him that teacheth, in 
all good things. Be not deceived, 
God is not mocked: for whatsoever 
a man soweth that shall he reap. 
Gal. vi. 6, 7. 

While we have time, let us do good 
unto all men; and especially unto 
them that are of the household of 
faith. Gal. vi. 10. 

Godliness is great riches, if a man 
be content with that he hath: for 
we brought nothing into this world, 
neither may we carry any thing out. 
1 Tim. vi. 6, 7. 

Charge them who are rich in this 
world, that they be ready to give, 
and glad to distribute ; laying up in 
store for themselves a good founda¬ 
tion against the time to come, that 
they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. 
vi. 17, 18, 19. 

God is not unrighteous, that he 
will forget your works, and labour 
that proceedeth of love; which 
love ye have showed for his Name’s 
sake, who have ministered unto the 
saints, and yet do minister. Heb. 
vi. 10. 

To do good, and to distribute, for- 




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gel not; for with such sacrifices God 
is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16. 

Whoso hath this world’s good, 
and seeth his brother have need, and 
shuttethup his compassion from him, 
how dwelleth the love of God in 
him? 1 St. John iii 17. 

Give alms of thy goods, and never 
turn thy face from any poor man; 
and then the face of the Lord shall 
not be turned away from thee. Tob. 
iv. 7. 

Be merciful after thy power. If 
thou hast much, give plenteously; 
if thou hast little, do thy diligence 
gladly to give of that little: for so 
gatherest thou thyself a good re¬ 
ward in the day of necessity. Tob. 
iv. 8, 9. 

He that hath pity upon the poor 
lendeth unto the Lord : and look, 
what he layeth out, it shall be paid 
him again. Prov. xix. 17. 

Blessed be the man that provideth 
for the sick and needy: the Lord 
shall deliver him in the time of trou¬ 
ble. Psalm xli. 1. 

V Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the 
Deacons, Church-wardens, or other fit per¬ 
sons appointed for that purpose, shall receive 
the Alms for the Poor, and other Devotions 
of the People, in a decent Basin to be 
provided by the Parish for that purpose ; 
and reverently bring it to the Priest, who 
shall humbly present and place it upon the 
Holy Table. 

H And the Priest shall then place upon the 
Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall 
think sufficient. After which done, he shall 
say, 

Let us pray for the whole state of 
Christ’s Church militant. 

LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, who by thy holy Apostle 
hast taught us to make prayers, and 
supplications, and to give thanks for 
all men ; We humbly beseech thee 
most mercifully [*to accept our 
alms and oblations , and~\ to receive 

*If there be no alms or oblations, then shall 
the words [to accept our alms and oblations , 
and] be left unsaid. 

a 


these our prayers, which we offer 
unto thy Divine Majesty; beseech¬ 
ing thee to inspire continually the 
Universal Church with the spirit of 
truth, unity, and concord: And grant 
that all those who do confess thy ho¬ 
ly Name, may agree in the truth of 
thy holy Word, and live in unity, and 
godly love. We beseech thee also, 
so to direct and dispose the hearts of 
all Christian Rulers, that they may 
truly and impartially administer jus¬ 
tice, to the punishment of wicked¬ 
ness and vice, and to the mainten¬ 
ance of thy true religion, and virtue. 
Give grace, O heavenly Father, to 
all Bishops and other Ministers, that 
they may, both by their life and doc¬ 
trine, set forth thy true and lively 
Word, and rightly and duly admin¬ 
ister thy holy Sacraments. And to 
all thy people give thy heavenly 
grace; and especially to this con¬ 
gregation here present; that, with 
meek heart and due reverence, they 
may hear, and receive thy holy 
Word; truly serving thee in holi¬ 
ness and righteousness all the days 
of their life. And we most humbly 
beseech thee, of thy goodness, O 
Lord, to comfort and succour all 
those who, in this transitory life, are 
in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or 
any other adversity. And we also 
bless thy holy Name for all thy ser¬ 
vants departed this life in thy faith 
and fear; beseeching thee to give 
us grace so to follow their good ex¬ 
amples, that with them we may be 
partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. 
Grant this, O Father, for Jesus 
Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and 
Advocate. Amen. 

IT When the Minister giveth warning for 
the Celebration of the Holy Communion, 
(which he shall always do upon the 
Sunday, or some Holy Day, immedi¬ 
ately preceding,) he shall read this Ex¬ 
hortation following; or so much thereof 
as, in his discretion, he may think conve¬ 
nient. 





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THE COMMUNION. 


D EARLY beloved, on-day 

next I purpose, through God’s 
assistance, to administer to all such 
as shall be religiously and devoutly 
disposed the most comfortable Sa¬ 
crament of the Body and Blood of 
Christ; to be by them received in re¬ 
membrance of his meritorious Cross 
and Passion; whereby alone we ob¬ 
tain remission of our sins, and are 
made partakers of the Kingdom of 
Heaven. Wherefore it is our duty 
to render most humble and hearty 
thanks to Almighty God, our hea¬ 
venly Father, for that he hath given 
his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
not only to die for us, but also to be 
our spiritual food and sustenance in 
that holy Sacrament. Which being 
so divine and comfortable a thing to 
them who receive it worthily, and so 
dangerous to those who will presume 
to receive it unworthily; my duty 
is to exhort you, in the mean season 
to consider the dignity of that holy 
mystery, and the great peril of the 
unworthy receiving thereof; and so 
to search and examine your own con¬ 
sciences, (and that not lightly, and 
after the manner of dissemblers with 
God; but so) that ye may come holy 
and clean to such a heavenly Feast, 
in the marriage-garment required by 
God in holy Scripture, and be re¬ 
ceived as worthy partakers of that 
holy Table. 

The way and means thereto is; 
First, to examine your lives and con¬ 
versations by the rule of God’s com¬ 
mandments ; and whereinsoever ye 
shall perceive yourselves to have of¬ 
fended, either by will, word, or deed, 
there to bewail your own sinfulness, 
and to confess yourselves to Almigh¬ 
ty God, with full purpose of amend¬ 
ment of life. And if ye shall perceive 
your offences to be such as are not 
only against God, but also against 
your neighbours; then ye shall re¬ 
concile yourselves unto them; being 


ready to make restitution and satis¬ 
faction, according to the uttermost 
of your powers, for all injuries and 
wrongs done by you to any other; and 
being like wise ready to forgive others 
who have offended you, as ye would 
have forgiveness of your offences 
at God’s hand: for otherwise the re¬ 
ceiving of the holy Communion doth 
nothing else but increase your con¬ 
demnation. Therefore, if any of you 
be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer 
or slanderer of his Word, an adulter 
er, or be in malice, or envy, or in any 
other grievous crime; repent ye of 
your sins, or else come not to that 
holy Table. 

And because it is requisite that no 
man should come to the holy Com¬ 
munion, but with a full trust in 
God’s mercy, and with a quiet con¬ 
science; therefore, if there be any 
of you, who by this means cannot 
quiet his own conscience herein, but 
requireth further comfort or counsel, 
let him come to me, or to some other 
Minister of God’s Word, and open 
his grief; that he may receive such 
godly counsel and advice as may 
tend to the quieting of his conscience, 
and the removing of all scruple and 
doubtfulness. 

T Or, in case he shall see the people neg¬ 
ligent to come to the Holy Communion, 
instead of the former, he shall use this 
Exhortation. 

EARLY beloved brethren, on 

-I intend, by God’s grace, 

to celebrate the Lord’s Supper: unto 
which, in God’s behalf, 1 bid you all 
who are here present; and beseech 
you, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, 
that ye will not refuse to come there¬ 
to, being so lovingly called and bid¬ 
den by God himself. Ye know how 
grievous and unkind a thing it is, 
when a man hath prepared a rich 
feast, decked his table with all kinds 
of provision, so that there lacketh 
nothing but the guests to sit down; 







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and yet they who are called (without 
any cause) most unthankfully refuse 
to come. Which of you in such a 
case would not be moved ? Who 
would not think a great injury and 
wrong done unto him? Wherefore, 
most dearly beloved in Christ, take 
ye good heed, lest ye, withdrawing 
yourselves from this holy Supper, 
provoke God’s indignation against 
you. It is an easy matter for a man 
to say, I will not communicate, be¬ 
cause I am otherwise hindered with 
worldly business. But such excuses 
are not so easily accepted and al¬ 
lowed before God. If any man say, 
I am a grievous sinner, and there¬ 
fore am afraid to come: wherefore 
then do ye not repent and amend? 
When God calleth you, are ye not 
ashamed to say ye will not come? 
When ye should return to God, will 
ye excuse yourselves, and say ye 
are not ready? Consider earnestly 
with yourselves how little such 
feigned excuses will avail before 
God. Those who refused the feast 
in the Gospel, because they had 
bought a farm, or would try their 
yokes of oxen, or because they were 
married, were not so excused, but 
counted unworthy of the heavenly 
feast. Wherefore, according to mine 
Office, I bid you in the Name of God, 
I call you in Christ’s behalf, I ex¬ 
hort you, as ye love your own sal¬ 
vation, that ye will be partakers of 
this holy Communion. And as the 
Son of God did vouchsafe to yield 
up his soul by death upon the Cross 
for your salvation; so it is your duty 
to receive the Communion in remem¬ 
brance of the sacrifice of his death, 
as he himself hath commanded: 
which if ye shall neglect to do, con¬ 
sider with yourselves how great is 
your ingratitude to God, and how 
sore punishment hangeth over your 
heads for the same; when ye wilful¬ 
ly abstain from the Lord’s Table, 


and separate from your brethren, 
who come to feed on the banquet of 
that most heavenly food. These 
things if ye earnestly consider, ye 
will by God’s grace return to a bet¬ 
ter mind: for the obtaining whereof 
we shall not cease to make our hum¬ 
ble petitions unto Almighty God, our 
heavenly Father. 

IT At the time of the Celebration of the 
Communion, the Priest shall say this 
Exhortation. 

D EARLY beloved in the Lord, 
ye who mind to come to the 
holy Communion of the Body and 
Blood of our Saviour Christ, must 
consider how Saint Paul exhorteth 
all persons diligently to try and ex¬ 
amine themselves, before they pre¬ 
sume to eat of that Bread, and drink 
of that Cup. For as the benefit is 
great, if with a true penitent heart 
and lively faith we receive that holy 
Sacrament; so is the danger great, 
if we receive the same unworthily. 
Judge therefore yourselves, breth¬ 
ren, that ye be not judged of the 
Lord; repent ye truly for your sins 
past; have a lively and steadfast faith 
in Christ our Saviour; amend your 
lives, and be in perfect charity with 
all men; so shall ye be meet par¬ 
takers of those holy mysteries. And 
above all things ye must give most 
humble and hearty thanks to God, 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, for the redemption of the 
world by the death and passion of 
our Saviour Christ, both God and 
man; who did humble himself, even 
to the death upon the Cross, for us, 
miserable sinners, who lay in dark¬ 
ness and the shadow of death; that 
he might make us the children of 
God, and exalt us to everlasting life. 
And to the end that we should al¬ 
ways remember the exceeding great 
love of our Master, and only Saviour, 
Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and 
the innumerable benefits which by 



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his precious blood-shedding he hath 
obtained for us; he hath instituted 
and ordained holy mysteries, as 
pledges of his love, and for a contin¬ 
ual remembrance of his death, to 
our great and endless comfort. To 
him therefore, with the Father, and 
the Holy Ghost, let us give (as we 
are most bounden) continual thanks; 
submitting ourselves wholly to his 
holy will and pleasure, and studying 
to serve him in true holiness and 
righteousness all the days of our 
life. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Priest say to those who come 
to receive the Holy Communion, 

Y E who do truly and earnestly 
repent you of your sins, and 
are in love and charity with your 
neighbours, and intend to lead a new 
life, following the commandments 
of God, and walking from hence¬ 
forth in his holy ways ; Draw near 
with faith, and take this holy Sacra¬ 
ment to your comfort; and make 
your humble confession to Almighty 
God, devoutly kneeling. 

H Then shall this general Confession be made, 
by the Priest and all those who are minded 
to receive the Holy Communion, humbly 
kneeling. 

LMIGHTY God, Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker 
of all things, J udge of all men; 
We acknowledge and bewail our 
manifold sins and wickedness,Which 
we,from time to time most grievously 
have committed, By thought, word, 
and deed, Against thy Divine Majes¬ 
ty, Provoking most justly thy wrath 
and indignation against us. We do 
earnestly repent, And are heartily 
sorry for these our misdoings ; The 
remembrance of them is grievous 
unto us ; The burden of them is in¬ 
tolerable. Have mercy upon us, 
Have mercy upon us, most merciful 
Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is 
ast; And grant that we may ever 
ereafter Serve and please thee In 


newness of life, To the honour and 
glory of thy Name; Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Priest (the Bishop, if he be 
present) stand up, and turning to the Peo¬ 
ple, say, 

A LMIGHTY God, our heaven¬ 
ly Father, who of his great 
mercy hath promised forgiveness of 
sins to all those who with hearty re¬ 
pentance and true faith turn unto 
him; Have mercy upon you; par¬ 
don and deliver you from all your 
sins ; confirm and strengthen you 
in all goodness ; and bring you to 
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Priest say, 

Hear what comfortable words our 
Saviour Christ saith unto all who 
truly turn to him. 

OME unto me, all ye that travail 
and are heavy laden, and I will 
refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. 

So God loved the world, that he 
gave his only-begotten Son, to the 
end that all that believe in him 
should not perish, but have everlast¬ 
ing life. St. John iii. 16. 

Hear also what St. Paul saith. 
This is a true saying, and worthy 
of all men to be received, ThatChrist 
Jesus came into the world to save 
sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. 

Hear also what St. John saith. 

If any man sin, we have an Advo¬ 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
the righteous ; and he is the Propiti¬ 
ation for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1 , 2. 

IT After which the Priest shall proceed, say¬ 
ing, 

Lift up your hearts. 

Answer. We lift them up unto 
the Lord. 

Priest. Let us give thanks unto 
our Lord God. 

Answer. It is meet and right so 
to do. 

IT Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord’s 
Table, and say, 





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I T is very meet, right, and our 
bounden duty, that we should at 
all times, and in all places, give 
thanks unto thee, O Lord, [ # Holy 
Father,] Almighty, Everlasting God. 

IT Here shall follow the Proper Preface, 
according to the time, if there be any 
specially appointed; or else immediately 
shall be said or sung by the Priest and Peo¬ 
ple, 

T HEREFORE with Angels and 
Archangels, and with all the 
company of heaven, we laud and 
magnify thy glorious Name ; ever¬ 
more praising thee, and saying, Ho¬ 
ly, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, 
heaven and earth are full of thy glo¬ 
ry : Glory be to thee, O Lord Most 
High. Amen. 


PROPER PREFACES. 

Upon Christmas-day, and seven days 
after. 

B ECAUSE thou didst give Jesus 
Christ, thine only Son, to be 
born as at this time for us ; who, by 
the operation of the Holy Ghost, 
was made very man, of the substance 
of the Virgin Mary his mother; and 
that without spot of sin, to make us 
clean from all sin. Therefore with 
Angels, tyc. 

Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. 

B UT chiefly are we bound to 
praise thee for the glorious Re¬ 
surrection of thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord: for he is the very Paschal 
Lamb, which was offered for us, and 
hath taken away the sin of the world; 
who by his death hath destroyed 
death, and, by his rising to life again, 
hath restored to us everlasting life. 
Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

Upon Ascension-day, and seven days 
after. 

T HROUGH thy most dearly 
beloved Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord ; who, after his most glorious 
Resurrection, manifestly appeared 

*These words [Holy Father] must be omit¬ 
ted on Trinity Sunday. 


to all his Apostles, and in their sight 
ascended up into heaven, to prepare 
a place for us; that where he is, 
thither we might also ascend, and 
reign with him in glory. Therefore 
with Angels, fyc. 

Upon Whit-Sunday, and six days after. 

T HROUGH Jesus Christ our 
Lord; according to whose most 
true promise, the Holy Ghost came 
down as at this time from heaven, 
with a sudden great sound, as it had 
been a mighty wind, in the likeness 
of fiery tongues, lighting upon the 
Apostles, to teach them, and to lead 
them to all truth; giving them both 
the gift of divers languages, and 
also boldness with fervent zeal con¬ 
stantly to preach the Gospel unto all 
nations; whereby we have been 
brought out of darkness and error 
into the clear light and true know¬ 
ledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus 
Christ. Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may be 
said, 

W HO art one God, one Lord ; 

not one only Person, but 
three Persons in one Substance. For 
that which we believe of the glory 
of the Father, the same we believe 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost 
without any difference or inequality. 
Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

V Or else this may be said, the words [Holy 
Father] being retained in the introductory 
Address. 

F OR the precious death and mer¬ 
its of thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, and for the sending to us of the 
Holy Ghost the Comforter; who are 
one with thee in thy Eternal God¬ 
head. Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

IF Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the 
Lord’s Table, say, in the name of all those 
who shall receive the Communion, this 
Prayer following. 

W E do not presume to come to 
this thy Table, O merciful 
Lord, trusting in our own righteous¬ 
ness, but in thy manifold and great 





126 


THE COMMUNION. 


mercies. We are not worthy so 
much as to gather up the crumbs 
under thy Table. But thou art the 
same Lord,whose property is always 
to have mercy: Grant us therefore, 
gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of 
thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to 
drink his blood, that our sinful bodies 
may be made clean by his body, and 
our souls washed through his most 
precious blood, and that we may ev¬ 
ermore dwell in him, and he in us. 
Amen. 


^ When the Priest, standing before the Ta¬ 
ble, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, 
that he may with the more readiness and 
decency break the Bread before the People, 
and take the Cup into his hands, he shall 
say the Prayer of Consecration, as follow- 
eth. 

LL glory be to thee, Almighty 
God, our heavenly Father, for 
that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst 
give thine only Son Jesus Christ to 
suffer death upon the Cross for our 
redemption; who made there (by 
his one oblation of himself once of¬ 
fered) a full, perfect, and sufficient 
sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, 
for the sins of the whole world ; and 
did institute, and in his holy Gospel 
command us to continue, a perpetual 
memory of that his precious death 
and sacrifice, until his coming again: 

For in the night 

(a) Here the Priest j 11 whic J h h , e « s 
is to take the Paten in- betrayed, (a) he 
to his hands. took Bread ; and 

when he had giv- 
t0 en thanks, (b) he 
brake it, and gave 
it to his disciples, 
saying, Take, eat, 
(c) And here to lay (c) this is my Body, 
his hand upon all the which is given for 
you; do this in 
remembrance of 
me. Likewise, af- 

tak?,h? e Cup le JolZ Jer supper, (d) he 
hand took the Cup; and 

when he had given 


(b) And here 
break the Bread. 


thanks, he gave it 
to them, saying, 

Drink ye all of 

this; for (e) this is ( e ) And here he is 
my Blood, of 

New I estament, there is any Wine to be 
which is shed for consecrated. 
you,and for many, 

for the remission of sins ; do this, as 
oft as ye shall drink it, in remem¬ 
brance of me. 

W HEREFORE, _. ... . 

O Lord and The ohUtim - 
heavenly Father, according to the 
institution of thy dearly beloved Son 
our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy 
humble servants, do celebrate and 
make here before thy Divine Majes¬ 
ty, with these thy holy gifts, which 
we now offer unto thee, the memo¬ 
rial thy Son hath commanded us to 
make ; having in remembrance his 
blessed passion and precious death, 
his mighty resurrection and glorious 
ascension; rendering unto thee most 
hearty thanks for the innumerable 
benefits procured unto us by the 
same. And we most humbly be¬ 
seech thee, O mer- r 
. r , , 1 he Invocation. 

ciful bather, to hear 

us; and, of thy Almighty good¬ 
ness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, 
with thy Word and Holy Spirit, 
these thy gifts and creatures of bread 
and wine ; that we, receiving them 
according to thy Son our Saviour 
Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in re¬ 
membrance of his death and pas¬ 
sion, may be partakers of his most 
blessed Body and Blood. And we 
earnestly desire thy fatherly good¬ 
ness, mercifully to accept this our 
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; 
most humbly beseeching thee to 
grant, that by the merits and death 
of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through 
faith in his blood, we, and all thy 
whole Church, may obtain remission 
of our sins, and all other benefits of 
his passion. And here we offer and 



THE COMMUNION. 


127 


present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, 
our souls and bodies, to be a reason¬ 
able, holy, and living sacrifice unto 
thee ; humbly beseeching thee, that 
we, and all others who shall be par¬ 
takers of this Holy Communion, may 
worthily receive the most precious 
Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus 
Christ, be filled with thy grace and 
heavenly benediction, and made one 
body with him. that he may dwell in 
them, and they in him. And although 
we are unworthy, through our mani¬ 
fold sins, to offer unto thee any sac¬ 
rifice ; yet we beseech thee to ac¬ 
cept this our bounden duty and ser¬ 
vice ; not weighing our merits, but 
pardoning our offences, through Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord ; by whom, and 
with whom, in the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, all honour and glory be unto 
thee, O Father Almighty, world with¬ 
out end. Amen. 

IT Here shall be sung a Hymn, or part of a 
Hymn, from the Selection for the Feasts and 
Fasts, &c. 

IT Then shall the Priest first receive the Com¬ 
munion in both kinds himself, and proceed 
to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, 
and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be 
present,,) and, after that, to the People also 
in order, into their hands, all devoutly kneel¬ 
ing. And when he delivereth the Bread, he 
shall say, 

T HE Body of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which was given for 
thee, preserve thy body and soul unto 
everlasting life. Take and eat this 
in remembrance that Christ died for 
thee, and feed on him in thy heart 
by faith, with thanksgiving. 

S And the Minister who delivereth the Cup 
shall say, 

HE Blood of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which was shed for 
thee, preserve thy body and soul unto 
everlasting life. Drink this in re¬ 
membrance that Christ’s Blood was 
shed for thee, and be thankful. 

H If the consecrated Bread or Wine be 
spent before all have communicated, the 
Priest is to consecrate more, according 
to the Form before prescribed; begin¬ 


ning at— All glory be to thee , Almighty 
God —and ending with these words— 
partakers of his most blessed Body and 
Blood. 

IT When all have communicated, the Ministei 
shall return to the Lord’sTable,and reverent¬ 
ly place upon it what retnaineth of the con¬ 
secrated Elements, covering the same with 
a fair linen cloth. 

IT Then shall the Minister say the Lord’s 
Prayer, the People repeating after him every 
Petition. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT After shall be said as followeth. 

A LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, we most heartily thank 
thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to 
feed us who have duly received these 
holy mysteries, with the spiritual 
food of the most precious Body and 
Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ; and dost assure us thereby 
of thy favour and goodness towards 
us ; and that we are very members 
incorporate in the mystical body of 
thy Son, which is the blessed compa¬ 
ny of all faithful people; and are 
also heirs through hope of thy ever¬ 
lasting kingdom, by the merits of 
the most precious death and passion 
of thy dear Son. And we most 
humbly beseech thee, O heavenly 
Father, so to assist us with thy grace, 
that we may continue in that holy 
fellowship, and do all such good 
works as thou hast prepared for us 
to walk in; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, to whom, with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 

IT Then shall be said or sung, all standing, 
Gloria in excelsis; or some proper Hymn 
from the Selection. 






128 


THE COMMUNION. 


G LORY be to God on high, and 
~ on earth peace, good will to¬ 
wards men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we glori¬ 
fy thee, we give thanks to thee for thy 
great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly 
King, God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, 
Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of 
God, Son of the Father, that takest 
away the sins of the world, have mer¬ 
cy upon us. Thou that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy up¬ 
on us. Thou that takest away the 
sins of the world, receive our prayer. 
Thou that sittest at the right hand of 
God the Father, have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy; thou only 
art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, art most high in 
the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

IT Then the Priest (the Bishop if he be pres¬ 
ent) shall let them depart with this Bless¬ 
ing. 

HE peace of God, which pass- 
eth all understanding, keep 
your hearts and minds in the know¬ 
ledge and love of God, and of his 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the 
Blessing of God Almighty, the Fath¬ 
er, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 

IT Collects that may be said after the Collects 
of Morning or Evening Prayer, or Com¬ 
munion, at the discretion of the Minis¬ 
ter. 

A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, 
in these our supplications and 
prayers, and dispose the way of thy 
servants towards the attainment of 
everlasting salvation; that, among 
all the changes and chances of this 
mortal life, they may ever be defend¬ 
ed by thy most gracious and ready 
help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Al¬ 
mighty God, that the words 
which we have heard this day with 


our outward ears, may, through thy 
grace, be so grafted inwardly in our 
hearts, that they may bring forth in 
us the fruit of good living, to the 
honour and praise of thy Name; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

IRECT us, O Lord, in all our 
doings, with thy most gracious 
favour, and further us with thy con¬ 
tinual help; that in all our works 
begun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy holy Name, 
and finally, by thy mercy, obtain 
everlasting life; through J esus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

LMIGHTY God, the fountain 
of all wisdom, who knowest 
our necessities before we ask, and our 
ignorance in asking; We beseech 
thee to have compassion upon our 
infirmities ; and those things, which 
for our unworthiness we dare not, 
and for our blindness we cannot ask, 
vouchsafe to give us, for the worthi¬ 
ness of thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

LMIGHTY God, who hast 
promised to hear the petitions 
of those who ask in thy Son’s Name ; 
We beseech thee mercifully to in¬ 
cline thine ears to us who have now 
made our prayers and supplications 
unto thee; and grant,that those things 
which we have faithfully asked ac¬ 
cording to thy will, may effectually 
be obtained, to the relief of our ne¬ 
cessity, and to the setting forth of thy 
glory; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Aynen. 

T Upon the Sundays and other Holy Days 
(if there be no Sermon or Communion) 
shall be said all that is appointed at the 
Communion, unto the end of the Gospel, 
concluding with the Blessing. IT And if any 
of the consecrated Bread and Wine remain 
after the Communion, it shall not be carried 
out of the Church; but the Minister and 
other Communicants shall, immediately af¬ 
ter the Blessing,reverently eat and drink the 
same. 









[129] 

THE MINISTRATION OF 

PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS, 

TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. 


^ The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be 
administered but upon Sundays and other Holy Days, or Prayer Days. Nevertheless 
(if necessity so require) Baptism may be administered upon any other day. 

H There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers 
and one Godmother ; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Pa* 
rents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it be desired. 

^ When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents or Sponsors shall give knowl¬ 
edge thereof, before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Minister. And then 
the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the People with the Children, must be ready at 
the Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else imme¬ 
diately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as the Minister by his discretion shall 
appoint. And the Minister coming to the Font, (which is then to be filled with pure Wa¬ 
ter,) and standing there, shall say, 

Hath this Child been already baptized, or no? 

IT If they answer, No: then shall the Minister proceed as followeth. 


D EARLY beloved, forasmuch as 
all men are conceived and born 
in sin; and our Saviour Christ saith, 
None can enter into the Kingdom 
of God, except he be regenerate and 
born anew of Water and of the Holy 
Ghost; I beseech you to call upon 
God the Father, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous 
mercy, he will grant to this Child, 
that which by nature he cannot 
have; that he may be baptized with 
Water and the Holy Ghost, and re¬ 
ceived into Christ’s holy Church,and 
be made a living member of the 
same. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who of thy great mercy 
didst save Noah and his family in 
the ark from perishing by water; 
and also didst safely lead the child¬ 
ren of Israel thy people through the 
Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy 
Baptism; and by the Baptism of thy 
well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the 
river Jordan, didst sanctify Water to 
the mystical washing away of sin; 
We beseech thee, for thine infinite 


mercies, that thou wilt mercifully 
look upon this Child; wash him 
and sanctify him with the Holy 
Ghost; that he, being delivered from 
thy wrath, may be received into the 
ark of Christ’s Church; and being 
steadfast in faith, joyful through 
hope, and rooted in charity, may so 
pass the waves of this troublesome 
world, that finally he may come to 
the land of everlasting life, there to 
reign with thee, world without end ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

IT Or this. 

A LMIGHTY and immortal 
God, the aid of all who need, 
the helper of all who flee to thee for 
succour, the life of those who believe, 
and the resurrection of the dead; We 
call upon thee for this Infant, that 
he, coming to thy holy Baptism, 
may receive remission of sin, by 
spiritual regeneration. Receive him, 
O Liord, as thou hast promised by 
thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, 
and ye shall have ; seek, and ye 
shall find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. So give now unto 
! us who ask; let us who seek, find ; 






130 


PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


open the gate unto us who knock; 
that this Infant may enjoy the ever¬ 
lasting benediction of thy heavenly 
washing, and may come to the eter¬ 
nal kingdom which thou hast prom¬ 
ised by Christ our Lord. Amen. 

V Then the Minister shall say as follows: 
or else shall pass on to the questions 
addressed to the Sponsors ; and from 
thence to the Prayer immediately before 
the Immersion, or the pouring of water on 
the Infant. But note ; that in every 
church the intermediate parts of the Service 
shall be used, once at least in every month, 
(if there be a baptism) for the better in¬ 
structing of the People in the Grounds of In¬ 
fant Baptism. 

Hear the words of the Gospel, 
written by St. Mark, in the tenth 
Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse. 
HEY brought young children 
to Christ, that he should touch 
them; and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. But when 
Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 
and said unto them, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not; for of such is the Kingdom 
of God. Verily I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive the 
Kingdom of God as a little child, he 
shall not enter therein. And he took 
them up in his arms, put his hands up¬ 
on them, and blessed them. 

H After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall 
make this brief Exhortation upon the words 
of the Gospel. 

B ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos¬ 
pel the words of our Saviour 
Christ, that he commanded the child¬ 
ren to be brought unto him ; how he 
blamed those who would have 
kept them from him; how he ex- 
horteth all men to follow their in- 
nocencjr. Ye perceive how, by his 
outward gesture and deed, he de¬ 
clared his good will toward them; 
for he embraced them in his arms, 
he laid his hands upon them, and 
blessed them. Doubt ye not there¬ 
fore, but earnestly believe, that he 
will likewise favourably receive this 


present Infant; that he will em 
brace him with the arms of his mer¬ 
cy ; that he will give unto him the 
blessing of eternal life, and make 
him partaker of his everlasting 
kingdom. Wherefore, we being thus 
persuaded of the good will of our 
heavenly Father towards this In¬ 
fant , declared by his Son Jesus 
Christ; and nothing doubting but 
that he favourably alloweth this 
charitable work of ours in bringing 
this Infant to his holy Baptism; 
let us faithfully and devoutly give 
thanks unto him, and say, 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, heavenly Father, we give 
thee humble thanks, that thou hast 
vouchsafed to call us to the know¬ 
ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee: 
Increase this knowledge,and confirm 
this faith in us evermore. Give thy 
Holy Spirit to this Infamt , that he 
may be born again, and be made an 
heir of everlasting salvation; through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Minister speak unto the God¬ 
fathers and Godmothers on this wise. 

D EARLY beloved, ye have 
brought this Child here to be 
baptized; ye have prayed that our 
Lord JesusChrist would vouchsafe to 
receive him , to release him from sin, 
to sanctify him with the Holy Ghost, 
to give himihe Kingdom of Heaven, 
and everlasting life. Ye have heard 
also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath 
promised in his Gospel to grant all 
these things that ye have prayed for: 
which promise he, for his part, will 
most surely keep and perform. 
Wherefore, after this promise made 
by Christ, this Infant must also 
faithfully, for his part, promise by 
you that are his sureties (until he 
come of age to take it upon himself ) 
that he will renounce the devil and 
i all his works, and constantly believe 







131 


PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


God’s holy Word, and obediently 
keep his commandments. 

IF The Minister shall then demand of the 
Sponsors as follows: the questions being 
t^nsidered as addressed to them sever¬ 
ally, and the answers to be made accord¬ 
ingly. 

I demand therefore, 

D OST thou, in the name of this 
Child, renounce the devil and 
all his works, the vain pomp and 
glory of the world, with all covetous 
desires of the same, and the sinful 
desires of the flesh, so that thou 
wilt not follow, nor be led by them? 

Answer. I renounce them all; 
and, by God’s help, will endeavour 
hot to follow, nor be led by them. 

Minister. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, 
as contained in the Apostles’ Creed? 
Answer. I do. 

Minister. Wilt thou be baptized 
in this Faith ? 

Answer. That is my desire. 
Minister. Wilt thou then obedi¬ 
ently keep God’s holy will and com¬ 
mandments, and walk in the same all 
the days of thy life ? 

Answer . I will, by God’s help. 

IT Then shall the Minister say, 

MERCIFUL God, grant that 
the old Adam in this Child 
may be so buried, that the new man 
may be raised up in him. Amen. 

Grant that all sinful affections may 
die in him , and that all things belong¬ 
ing to the Spirit may live and grow 
in him. Amen. 

Grant that he may have power and 
strength to have victory, and to tri¬ 
umph, against the devil, the world, 
and the flesh. Amen. 

Grant that wdiosoever is here ded¬ 
icated to thee by our office and min¬ 
istry, may also be endued with heav¬ 
enly virtues, and everlastingly re¬ 
warded, through thy mercy, O bles¬ 
sed Lord God, who dost live, and 


govern all things, world without end. 
Amen. 

A lmighty, everiivmg God, 

whose most dearly beloved Son 
JesusChrist,for the forgiveness of our 
sins.did shed out of his most precious 
side both water and blood; and gave 
commandment to his disciples, that 
they should go teach all nations, and 
baptize them In the Name of the Fa¬ 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the 
supplications of thy congregation; 
sanctify this Water to the mystical 
washing away of sin; and grant that 
this Child, to be baptized therein, 
may receive the fulness of thy grace, 
and ever remain in the number of thy 
faithful children; throughJesusChrist 
our Lord. Amen. 

IT Then the Minister shall take the Child into 
his hands, and shall say to the Godfathers 
and Godmothers, 

Name this Child. 


IT And then, naming it after them, he shall dip 
it in the Water discreetly, or shall pour Wa¬ 
ter upon it, saying, 

N I baptize thee In the Name of 
« the Father, and of the Son. 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

W E receive this Child into the 
congregation of Christ’s 
flock; and do 

*sign llim with *Here the Minister 

the sign Of th e ^ll male a Cross 
~ o . . upon the Child s fore- 

Cross, in token head. 
that hereafter he 

shall not be ashamed to confess the 
faith of Christ crucified,and manfully 
to fight under his banner, against sin, 
the world, and the devil; and to con¬ 
tinue Christ’s faithful soldier and ser¬ 
vant unto his life’s end. Amen. 


IF If those who present the Infant shall de¬ 
sire the sign of the Cross to be omitted, 
although the Church knows no worthy 
cause of scruple concerning the same, 
yet, in that case, the Minister may omit 
that part of the above which follows the 
Immersion, or the pouring of Water on 
the Infant. 




132 


PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


IT Then shall the Minister say, 

S EEING now, dearly beloved 
brethren, that this Child is re¬ 
generate, and grafted into the body 
of Christ’s Church, let us give thanks 
unto Almighty God for these bene¬ 
fits ; and with one accord make our 
prayers unto him, that this Child 
may lead the rest of his life accord¬ 
ing to this beginning. 

IT Then shall be said, all kneeling, 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we 
forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temp¬ 
tation ; But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

IF Then shall the Minister say, 

E yield thee hearty thanks, 
most merciful Father, that it 
hath pleased thee to regenerate this 
Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to re¬ 
ceive him for thine own Child by 
adoption, and to incorporate him in¬ 
to thy holy Church. And humbly 
we beseech thee to grant, that he , 
being dead unto sin, and living unto 
righteousness, and being buried with 
Christ in his death, may crucify the 
old man, and utterly abolish the 
whole body of sin; and that, as he is 
made partaker of the death of thy 
Son, he may also be partaker of his 
resurrection; so that finally, with 
the residue of thy holy Church, he 
may be an inheritor of thine ever¬ 
lasting kingdom; through Christ our 
tLord. Amen . 


IT Then, all standing up, the Minister shall 
say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this 
Exhortation following. 

ORASMUCH as this Child 
hath promised by you his sure¬ 
ties to renounce the devil and all 
his works, to believe in God, and to 
serve him ; ye must remember, that 
it is your parts and duties to see that 
this Infant be taught, so soon as he 
shall be able to learn, what a solemn 
vow, promise, and profession, he hath 
here made by you. And that he 
may know these things the better, 
ye shall call upon him to hear Ser¬ 
mons ; and chiefly ye shall provide, 
that he may learn the Creed, the 
Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Com¬ 
mandments, and all other things 
which a Christian ought to know 
and believe to his soul’s health; and 
that this Child may be virtuously 
brought up to lead a godly and a 
Christian life; Remembering always, 
that Baptism doth represent unto us 
our profession; which is, to follow 
the example of our Saviour Christ, 
and to be made like unto him ; that, 
as he died, and rose again for us, so 
should we, who are baptized, die 
from sin, and rise again unto right¬ 
eousness ; continually mortifying all 
our evil and corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all virtue and 
godliness of living. 

IT Then shall he add, and say, 

E are to take care that this 
Child be brought to the Bish¬ 
op to be confirmed by him, so soon 
as he can say the Creed, the Lord’s 
Prayer, and the Ten Command¬ 
ments, and is sufficiently instructed 
in the other parts of the Church- 
Catechism set forth for that purpose. 








ri33] 

THE MINISTRATION OF 


PRIVATE BAPTISM of CHILDREN, 

IN HOUSES. 


V The Minister of every Parish shall often admonish the People, that they defer not the Bap¬ 
tism of their Children longer than the first or second Sunday next after their birth, or other 
Holy Day falling between, unless upon a great and reasonable cause. 

V And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity, they procure 
not their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. But when need shall compel them 
so to do, then Baptism shall be administered as followeth. 

T First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful Minister 
that can be procured) with those who are present, call upon God, and say the Lord’s 
Prayer, and so many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Public 
Baptism, as the time and present exigence will suffer. And then, the Child being na¬ 
med by some one who is present, the Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying these 
words: 


N I baptize thee In the Name of 
9 the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT Then the Minister shall give thanks unto 
God, and say, 

W E yield thee hearty thanks, 
most merciful Father, that it 
hath pleased thee to regenerate this 
Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to re¬ 
ceive him for thine own Child by 
adoption, and to incorporate him in¬ 
to thy holy Church. And humbly 
we beseech thee to grant, that he, 
being dead unto sin, and living unto 
righteousness, and being buried with 
Christ in his death, may crucify the 
old man, and utterly abolish the 
whole body of sin ; and that, as he is 
made partaker of the death ol thy 
Son, he may also be partaker of his 
resurrection; so that finally, with 
the residue ol thy holy Church, he 
may be an inheritor ol thine ever¬ 
lasting kingdom; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

T And let them not doubt, but that the Child 
so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently bap¬ 
tized, and ought not to be baptized again. 
Yet nevertheless, if the Child, which is af¬ 
ter this sort baptized, do afterwards live, it is 
expedient that it be brought into the Church, 
to the intent that if the Minister of the 
same Parish did himself baptize that 


Child, the Congregation may be certified 
of the true Form of Baptism, by him pri¬ 
vately before used: In which case he shall 
say thus: 

CERTIFY you, that according 
to the due and prescribed Order 
of the Church, at such a time, and at 
such a place, before divers witnesses, 

I baptized this Child. 

T But if the Child were baptized by any oth¬ 
er lawful Minister, then the Minister of the 
Parish where the Child was born or christ¬ 
ened, shall examine whether the same 
hath been lawfully done. And if the Min¬ 
ister shall find, by the answers of such as 
bring the Child, that all things were done as 
they ought to be ; then shall he not christen 
the Child again, but shall receive him as one 
of the flock of true Christian People, saying 
thus: 

I CERTIFY you, that in this 
case all is well done, and accord¬ 
ing unto due order, concerning the 
baptizing of this Child; who is now 
by Baptism incorporated into the 
Christian Church: for our Lord 
Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace 
and mercy unto such Infants, but 
most lovingly doth call them unto 
him, as the holy Gospel doth witness 
to our comfort on this wise. 

IF Then the Minister shall say as follows: or 
else shall pass on to the questions address©^ 
to the Sponsors. 










PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN. 


Hear the words of the Gospel, 
written by St. Mark, in the tenth 
Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse. 
rilHEY brought young children I 
JL to Christ, that he should touch 
them; and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. But whei; 
Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, 
and said unto them, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not; for of such is the Kingdom 
of God. Verily I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive the 
Kingdom of God as a little child, he 
shall not enter therein. And he took 
them up in his arms, put his hands up¬ 
on them, and blessed them. 

IT After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall 
make this brief Exhortation upon the words 
of the Gospel. 

B ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos¬ 
pel the words of our Saviour 
Christ, that he commanded the child¬ 
ren to be brought unto him ; how he 
blamed those who would have 
kept them from him; how he ex- 
horteth all men to follow their in- 
nocency. Ye perceive how, by his 
outward gesture and deed, he de¬ 
clared his good will toward them; 
for he embraced them in his arms, 
he laid his hands upon them, and 
blessed them. Doubt ye not there¬ 
fore, but earnestly believe, that he 
hath likewise favourably received 
this present Infant; that he hath em¬ 
braced him with the arms of his mer¬ 
cy ; and, as he hath promised in his 
holy Word, will give unto him the 
blessing of eternal life, and make 
him partaker of his everlasting 
kingdom. Wherefore, we being thus 
persuaded of the good will of our 
heavenly Father, declared by his 
Son Jesus Christ, towards this In¬ 
fant , let us faithfully and devoutly 
give thanks unto him, and say the 
Prayer which the Lord himself 
taught us. 


O UR Father, who art in hea¬ 
ven, Hallowed be thy Name- 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth, As it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our trespas¬ 
ses, As we forgive those who tres¬ 
pass against us. And lead us not 
into temptation; But deliver us from 
evil. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Minister demand the name 
of the Child; which being by the Godfathers 
and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister 
shall say as follows. 

D OST thou, in the name of this 
Child. renounce the devil and 
all his works, the vain pomp and 
glory of the world, with all covetous 
desires of the same, and the sinful 
desires of the flesh, so that thou 
wilt not follow, nor be led by them? 

Answer. I renounce them all; 
and, by God’s help, will endeavour 
not to follow, nor be led by them. 

Minister. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, 
as contained in the Apostles’ Creed? 
Answer. I do. 

Minister. Wilt thou then obedi¬ 
ently keep God’s holy will and com¬ 
mandments, and walk in the same all 
the days of thy life ? 

Answer. I will, by God’s help. 

H Then the Minister shall say, 


W E receive this Child into the 
congregation of Christ’s 


flock; and do 

*sign him with * Here the Minister 
the sisrn of the shal1 ™ ak * ® c ™* 

~ o . . upon the Child s fore- 

Cross, in token head. 
that hereafter he 

shall not be ashamed to confess the 
faith of Christ crucified,and manfully 
to fight under his banner, against sin, 
the world, and the devil; and to con¬ 
tinue Christ’s faithful soldier and ser¬ 
vant unto his life’s end. Amen. 


IT The same Rule is to be observed here, as to 
the Omission of the sign of the Cross, as in the 
Public Baptism of Infants. 





PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


135 


IT Then shall the Minister say, 

S EEING now, dearly beloved 
brethren, that this Child is re¬ 
generate, and grafted into the body 
of Christ’s Church, let us give thanks 
unto Almighty God for these bene¬ 
fits ; and with one accord make our 
prayers unto him, that this Child 
may lead the rest of his life accord¬ 
ing to this beginning. 

IT Then shall be said, all kneeling, 

W E yield thee hearty thanks, 
most merciful Father, that it 
hath pleased thee to regenerate this 
Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to re¬ 
ceive him for thine own Child by 
adoption, and to incorporate him in¬ 
to thy holy Church. And humbly 
we beseech thee to grant, that he, 
being dead unto sin, and living unto 
righteousness, and being buried with 
Christ in his death, may crucify the 
old man, and utterly abolish the 
whole body of sin; and that, as he is 
made partaker of the death of thy 
Son, he may also be partaker of his 
resurrection; so that finally, with 
the residue of tjiy holy Church, he 
may be an inheritor of thine ever¬ 
lasting kingdom; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 

IT Then, all standing tip, the Minister shall 
say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this 
Exho^ation following. 

ORASMUCH as this Child 
hath promised by you his sure¬ 
ties to renounce the devil and all 
his works, to believe in God, and to 
serve him ; ye must remember, that 
it is your parts and duties to see that 
this Infant be taught, so soon as he 
shall be able to learn, what a solemn 
vow,promise,and profession, hehath 
here made by you. And that he 
may know these things the better, 
ye shall call upon him to hear Ser¬ 
mons ; and chiefly ye shall provide, 
that he may learn the Creed, the 


Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Com¬ 
mandments, and all other things 
which a Christian ought to know 
and believe to his soul’s health; and 
that this Child may be virtuously 
brought up to lead a godly and a 
Christian life; remembering always, 
that Baptism doth represent unto us 
our profession; which is, to follow 
the example of our Saviour Christ, 
and to be made like unto him ; that, 
as he died, and rose again for us, so 
should we, who are baptized, die 
from sin, and rise again unto right¬ 
eousness ; continually mortifying all 
our evil and corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all virtue and 
godliness of living. 

IT Then shall he add, and say, 

E are to take care that this 
Child be brought to the Bish¬ 
op to be confirmed by him, so soon 
as he can say the Creed, the Lord’s 
Prayer, and the Ten Command¬ 
ments, and is sufficiently instructed 
in the other parts of the Church- 
Catechism set forth for that purpose. 

T But if they w ho bring the Infant to the 
Church do mane such uncertain Answers 
to the Minister’s Questions, as that it can¬ 
not appear that the Child was baptized 
with Water, In the Name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 
( which are essential parts of Baptism, ) 
then let the Minister baptize it in the 
Form before appointed. for Public Bap¬ 
tism of Infants; saving that at the dipping 
of the Child in the Font, he shall use this 
Form of words: 

I F thou art not already baptized, N. 

I baptize thee In the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT If Infant Baptism, and the receiving of 
Infants baptized in private, are to be at the 
same time, the Minister may make the 
Questions to the Sponsors, and the succeed¬ 
ing Prayers, serve for both. And again, after 
the Immersion, or the pouring of Water, 
and the receiving into the Church, the 
Minister may use the remainder of th# 
Service for 'both. 






Li*#] 

THE MINISTRATION OF 

BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS, 


AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES, 


T When any such Persons as are of riper years are to be baptized, timely notice shall be 
given to the Minister; that so due care may be taken for their examination, wheth¬ 
er they be sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion ; and that 
they may be exhorted to prepare themselves, with Prayers and Fasting, for the receiving 
of this holy Sacrament. 

T And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers and Godmothers (the People being 
assembled upon the Sunday, Holy Day, or Prayer Day appointed) shall be ready to pre¬ 
sent them at the Font, immediately after the second Lesson, either at Morning or Evening 
Prayer, as the Minister, in his discretion, shall think fit. 

1 And standing there, the Minister shall ask, whether any of the Persons here presented bo 
baptized, or no ? If they shaH^inswer, No ; then shall the Minister say thus: 


D EARLY beloved, forasmuch 
as all men are conceived and 
born in sin, (and that which is born 
of the flesh is flesh,) and they who 
are in the flesh cannot please God, 
but live in sin, committing many 
actual transgressions; and our Sa¬ 
viour Christ saith, None can enter 
into the Kingdom of God, except he 
be regenerate and born anew of 
Water and of the Holy Ghost; I be¬ 
seech you to call upon God the Fa¬ 
ther, through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that of his bounteous goodness he 
will grant to these Persons that 
which by nature they cannot have ; 
that they may be baptized with Wa- 
ter and the Holy Ghost, and re¬ 
ceived into Christ’s holy Church, 
and be made lively members of the 
same. 

IT Then shall the Minister say, 

Let us pray. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, who of thy great mercy 
didst save Noah and his family in 
the ark from perishing by water; 
and also didst safely lead the child¬ 
ren of Israel thy people through the 
Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy 
Baptism ; and by the Baptism of thy 
w T ell-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the 
river Jordan, didst sanctify the ele¬ 
ment of Water to the mystical wash¬ 


ing away of sin ; We beseech thee, 
for thine infinite mercies, that thou 
wilt mercifully look upon these thy 
Servants; wash them and sanctify 
them with the Holy Ghost; that 
they, being delivered from thy wrath, 
may be received into the ark of 
Christ’s Church; and being stead¬ 
fast in faith, joyful through hope, 
and rooted in charity, may so pass 
the waves of this troublesome world, 
that finally they may come to the 
land of everlasting life, there to reign 
with thee,world without end; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IT Or this. 

A LMIGHTY and immortal 
God, the aid of all who need, 
the helper of all who flee to thee for 
succour, the life of those who believe, 
and the resurrection of the dead ; 
We call upon thee for these Persons , 
that they, coming to thy holy Bap¬ 
tism, may receive remission of their 
sins, by spiritual regeneration. Re¬ 
ceive them, O Lord, as thou hast 
promised by thy well-beloved Son, 
saying, Ask, and ye shall receive ; 
seek, and ye shall find; knock, 
and it shall be opened unto you. So 
give now unto us who ask ; let us 
who seek, find ; open the gate unto 
us who knock; that these Persons 
may enjoy the everlasting benedic- 






137 


BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


tion of thy heavenly washing, and 
may come to the eternal kingdom 
which thou hast promised by Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

^ Then the Minister shall say, 

Hear the words of the Gospel,written 
by St. John , in the third Chapter, 
beginning at the first Verse. 
HERE was a man of the Phari¬ 
sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler 
of the Jews. The same came to 
Jesus by night, and said unto him, 
Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God; for no 
man can do these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be with him. Je¬ 
sus answered and said unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex¬ 
cept a man be born again, he can¬ 
not see the Kingdom of God. Nico¬ 
demus saith unto him, How can a 
man be born when he is old ? can 
he enter the second time into his 
mother’s womb, and be born ? Jesus 
answered. Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the Kingdom of God. That 
which is born of the flesh is flesh; 
and that which is born of the Spirit 
is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 
thee, Ye must be born again. The 
wind bloweth where it listeth, and 
thou hearest the sound thereof; but 
canst not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth: so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. 

IT After which he shall say this Exhortation 
following. 

B ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos¬ 
pel the express words of our 
Saviour Christ, that except a man 
be born of Water and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the Kingdom 
of God. Whereby ye may perceive 
the great necessity of this Sacra- 
ment,whereitmaybehad. Likewise, 
immediately before his ascension 
into heaven, (as we read in the last 
Chapter of Saint Mark’s Gospel,) he 
s 


gave commandment to his disciples, 
saying, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the Gospel to every creature. 
He that believeth and is baptized 
shall be saved; but he that believeth 
not shall be damned. Which also 
showeth unto us the great benefit 
we reap thereby. For which cause 
Saint Peter the Apostle, when upon 
his first preaching of the Gospel 
many were pricked at the heart, and 
said to him and the rest of the 
Apostles, Men and brethren, what 
shall we do? replied and said unto 
them, Repent, and be baptized every 
one of you for the remission of sins, 
and ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. For the promise is to 
you and your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as 
the Lord our God shall call. And 
with many other words exhorted he 
them, saying, Save yourselves from 
this untoward generation. For (as 
the same Apostle testifieth in another 
place) even Baptism doth also now 
save us, (not the putting away of 
the filth of the flesh, but the answer 
of a good conscience towards God,) 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly 
believe, that he will favourably re¬ 
ceive these present Persons , truly 
repenting, and coming unto him by 
faith; that he will grant them remis¬ 
sion of their sins, and bestow upon 
them the Holy Ghost; that he will 
give them the blessing of eternal life, 
and make them partakers of his ever¬ 
lasting kingdom. 

Wherefore we being thus per¬ 
suaded of the good will of our hea¬ 
venly Father toward these Persons , 
declared by his Son Jesus Christ; 
let us faithfully and devoutly give 
thanks to him, and say, 

LMIGHTY and everlasting 
God, heavenly Father, we give 
thee humble thanks, for that thou 
hast vouchsafed to call us to the 





138 


BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


knowledge of thy grace, and faith in 
thee: Increase this knowledge, and 
confirm this faith in us evermore. 
Give thy Holy Spirit to these Per¬ 
sons, that they may be born again, 
and be made heirs of everlasting sal¬ 
vation ; through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for 
ever. Amen. 

V Then the Minister shall speak to the Per¬ 
sons to be baptized on this wise: 

ELL-BELOVED, who are 
come hither desiring to receive 
holy Baptism, ye have heard how 
the congregation hath prayed, that 
our Lord Jesus Christ would vouch¬ 
safe to receive you and bless you, to 
release you of your sins, to give you 
the Kingdom of Heaven, and ever¬ 
lasting life. Ye have heard also, that 
our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised 
in his holy Word to grant all those 
things that we have prayed for; 
which promise he, for his part, will 
most surely keep and perform. 
Wherefore, after this promise made 
by Christ, ye must also faithfully, 
for your part, in the presence of these 
your Witnesses, and this whole con¬ 
gregation, promise and answer to 
the following Questions. 

IT The Minister shall then demand of the Per¬ 
sons to be baptized as follows; the Ques¬ 
tions being considered as addressed to them 
severally, and the Answers to be made ac¬ 
cordingly. 

Question. 

OST thou renounce the devil 
and all his works, the vain 
pomp and glory of the world, with 
all covetous desires of the same, and 
the sinful desires of the flesh, so that 
thou wilt not follow, nor be led by 
them ? 

Answer. I renounce them all; 
and, by God’s help, will endeavour 
not to follow, nor be led by them. 

Question. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, as 
contained in the Apostles’ Creed ? 


Answer. I do. 

Question . Wilt thou be baptized 
in this Faith? 

Answer. That is my desire. 
Question. Wilt thou then obedi¬ 
ently keep God’s holy will and com¬ 
mandments, and walk in the same 
all the days of thy life ? 

Answer. I will, by God’s help. 

IF Then shall the Minister say, 

O MERCIFUL God, grant that 
the old Adam in these Persons 
may be so buried, that the new man 
may be raised up in them. Amen. 

Grant that all sinful affections may 
die in them , and that all things belong¬ 
ing to the Spirit may live and grow 
in them. Amen. 

Grant that they may have power 
and strength to have victory, and to 
triumph, against the devil, the world, 
and the flesh. Amen. 

Grant that they , being here ded¬ 
icated to thee by our office and min¬ 
istry, may also be endued with heav¬ 
enly virtues, and everlastingly re¬ 
warded, through thy mercy, O bles¬ 
sed Lord God, who dost live, and 
govern all things, world without end. 
Amen. 

A LMIGHTY, everliving God, 
whose most dearly beloved Son 
JesusChrist,for the forgiveness of our 
sins,did shed out of his most precious 
side both water and blood; and gave 
commandment to his disciples, that 
they should go teach all nations, and 
baptize them In the Name of the Fa¬ 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the 
supplications of thy congregation; 
sanctify this Water to the mystical 
washing away of sin; and grant that 
the Persons , now to be baptized 
therein, may receive the fulness of 
thy grace, and ever remain in the 
number of thy faithful children; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 





139 


BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


Then shall the Minister take each Person 
to be baptized by the right hand ; and pla¬ 
cing him conveniently by the Font, accord¬ 
ing to his discretion, shall ask the Godfathers 
and Godmothers the Name ; and then shall 
dip him in the water or pour water upon 
him, saying, 

I baptize thee In the Name of 
® the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

11 Then shall the Minister say, 

W E receive this Person into 
the congregation of Christ’s 
*Here the Min- fl< ?ck; and do *sign 
ister shall make a him with the sign of 
cross upon the Per- the Cl'OSS, in tok- 
son s forehead. , , , , 7 

en that hereafter he 
shall not be ashamed to confess the 
faith of Christ crucified,and manfully 
to fight under his banner, against sin, 
the world, and the devil; and to con¬ 
tinue Christ’s faithful soldier and ser¬ 
vant unto his life’s end. Amen. 

IF The same Rule, as to the Omission of the 
sign of the Cross, is to be observed here as in 
the Baptism of Infants. 

11 Then shall the Minister say, 

S EEING now, dearly beloved 
brethren, that these Persons 
are regenerate, and grafted into the 
body of Christ’s Church, let us give 
thanks unto Almighty God for these 
benefits; and with one accord make 
our prayers unto him, that they may 
lead the rest of their life according to 
this beginning. 

H Then shall be said the Lord’s Prayer, all 
kneeling. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

W E yield thee humble thanks, 
O heavenly Father, that 
thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the 
knowledge of thy grace, and faith in 
thee : Increase this knowledge, and 


confirm this faith in us evermore. 
Give thy Holy Spirit to these Per¬ 
sons ; that, being now born again, 
and made heirs of everlasting sal¬ 
vation, through our Lord Jesus 
Christ, they may continue thy Ser¬ 
vants , and attain thy promises; 
through the same Lord Jesus Christ 
thy Son, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee, in the unity of the same 
Holy Spirit, everlastingly. Amen. 

IF Then, all standing up, the Minister shall 
use this Exhortation following ; speaking to 
the Godfathers and Godmothers first. 

F ORASMUCH as these Persons 
have promised, in your presence, 
to renounce the devil and all his 
works, to believe in God, and to serve 
him; ye must remember, that it is 
your part and duty to- put them in 
mind, what a solemn vow, promise, 
and profession, they have now made 
before this congregation, and espe¬ 
cially before you their chosen wit¬ 
nesses. And ye are also to call upon 
them to use all diligence to be rightly 
instructed in God’s holy Word; that 
so they may grow in grace, and in 
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and live godly, righteously, 
and soberly, in this present world. 

IF And then, speaking to the baptized Persons, 
he shall proceed and say, 

A ND as for you, who have now 
by Baptism put on Christ, it 
is your part and duty also, being 
made the children of God and of 
the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, to 
walk answerably to your Christian 
calling, and as becometh the children 
of light; remembering always that 
Baptism represented unto us our 
profession; which is, to follow the ex¬ 
ample ofour Saviour Christ, and to be 
made like unto him ; that as he died, 
and rose again for us, so should we, 
who are baptized, die from sin, and 
rise again unto righteousness; contin¬ 
ually mortifying all our evil and cor¬ 
rupt affections, and daily proceeding 
in all virtue and godliness of living. 



140 


A CATECHISM. 


V It is expedient that every Person, thus baptized, should be confirmed by the Bishop, so 
soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be ; that so he may be admitted to the Holy 
Communion. 

H Whereas necessity may require the baptizing of Adults in private houses, in considera¬ 
tion of extreme sickness ; the same is hereby allowed in that case. And a convenient 
number of persons shall be assembled in the house where the Sacrament is to be performed. 
And in the exhortation, Well-beloved, &c., instead of these words, come hither desiring, shall 
be inserted this word, desirous. 

^ If there be occasion for the Office of Infant Baptism and that of Adults at the same time, 
the Minister shall use the exhortation and one of the prayers next following in the 
Office for Adults; only, in the exhortation and prayer, after the words, these Persons, 
and these thy servants, adding, and these Infants. Then the Minister shall proceed to 
the questions to be demanded in the cases respectively. After the immersion, or the pouring 
of water, the prayer shall be as in this service ; only, after the words, these Persons, shall 
be added, and these Infants. After which the remaining part of each service shall be used ; 
first that for Adults, and lastly that for Infants. 

*1 If any Persons, not baptized in their infancy, shall bo brought to be baptized before 
they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves, it may suffice to use the 
Office for Public Baptism of Infants; or, in case of extreme danger, the Office for 
Private Baptism; only changing the word Infant, for Child, or Person, as occasion re- 
quireth. 


A CATECHISM; 

/ 

THAT IS TO SAY, 

AN INSTRUCTION, TO BE LEARNED BY EVERY PERSON BEFORE HE BE 
BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP. 


Question. 

W HAT is your Name? 

Ans . N. or M. 

Question. Who gave you this 
Name? 

Answer. My Sponsors in Baptism; 
wherein I was made a member of 
Christ, the child of God, and an in¬ 
heritor of the kingdom of heaven. 

Question. What did your Spon¬ 
sors then for you? 

Answer. They did promise and 
vow three things in my name. First, 
that I should renounce the devil 
and all his works, the pomps and 
vanitv of this wicked world, and all 
the sinful lusts of the flesh. Sec¬ 
ondly, that I should believe all the 
Articles of the Christian Faith. And 
Thirdly, that I should keep God's 
holy will and commandments, and 
walk in the same all the days of my 
life. 

Question. Dost thou not think that 


thou art bound to believe, and to do, 
as they have promised for thee? 

Answer. Yes, verily; and byGod’s 
help so I will. And I heartily thank 
our heavenly Father, that he hath 
called me to this state of salvation, 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
And I pray unto God to give me his 
grace, that 1 may continue in the 
same unto my life’s end. 

Catechist. Rehearse the Articles 
of thy Belief. 

Answer. 

T BELIEVE in God the Father 
Jl Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
earth: And in Jesus Christ his only 
Son our Lord; Who was con¬ 
ceived bv the Holy Ghost, Born 
of the Virgin Mary; Suffered un¬ 
der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, 
dead, and buried; He descend¬ 
ed into hell. The third day he 
rose from the dead ; He ascend¬ 
ed into heaven, And sitteth on 








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the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty; From thence he shall 
come to judge the quick and the 
dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The 
holy Catholic Church; The Com¬ 
munion of Saints; TheForgiveness 
of sins; The Resurrection of the 
body; And the life everlasting. Amen. 

Quest. What dost thou chiefly 
learn in these Articles of thy Belief? 

Ans. First, I learn to believe in 
God the Father, who hath made me, 
and all the world. 

Secondly, in God the Son, who 
hath redeemed me, and all mankind. 

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, 
who sanctifieth me, and all the peo¬ 
ple of God. 

Quest. You said that your Spon¬ 
sors did promise for you, that you 
should keep God’s Commandments. 
Tell me how many there are. 

Ans. Ten. 

Quest. Which are they ? 
Answer. 

HE same which God spake in 
the twentiethChapter of Exodus, 
saying, I am the Lord thy God, 
who brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

I. Thou shalt have none other 
gods but me. 

II. Thou shalt not make to thy¬ 
self any graven image, nor the like¬ 
ness of any thing that is in heaven 
above, or in the earth beneath, or in 
the water under the earth. Thou shalt 
not bow down to them, nor worship 
them : for I the Lord thy God am a 
jealous God, and visit the sins of the 
fathers upon the children, unto the 
third and fourth generation of them 
that hate me; and show mercy un¬ 
to thousands in them that love me, 
and keep my commandments. 

III. Thou shalt not take the 
Name of the Lord thy God in vain : 
for the Lord will not hold him guilt¬ 
less that taketh his Name in vain. 


IV. Remember that thou keep 
holy the Sabbath-day. Six days 
shalt thou labour, and do all that 
thou hast to do; but the seventh day 
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God 
In it thou shalt do no manner of 
work; thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, and thy 
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the 
stranger that is within thy gates. 
For in six days the Lord made 
heaven and earth, the sea, and all 
that in them is, and rested the se¬ 
venth day: wherefore the Lord 
blessed the seventh day, and hal¬ 
lowed it. 

V. Honour thy father and thy 
mother; that thy days may be long 
in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

VI. Thou shalt do no murder. 

VII. Thou shalt not commit adul¬ 
tery. 

VIII. Thou shalt not steal. 

IX. Thou shalt not bear false wit¬ 
ness against thy neighbour. 

X. Thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour’s house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his 
servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, 
nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. 

Quest. What dost thou chiefly 
learn by these Commandments ? 

Ans. I learn two things; my 
duty towards God, and my duty 
towards my Neighbour. 

Quest. What is thy duty towards 
God? 

Ans. My duty towards God, is 
to believe in him, to fear him, and 
to love him with all my heart, with 
all my mind, with all my soul, and 
with all my strength; to worship 
him, to give him thanks, to put 
my whole trust in him, to call upon 
him, to honour his holy Name and 
his Word, and to serve him truly 
all the days of my life. 

Quest. What is thy duty towards 
thy Neighbour ? 




142 


A CATECHISM. 


Arts. My duty towards myNeigh- 
bour, is to love him as myself, and 
to do to all men, as I would they 
should do unto me: To love, honour, 
and succour my father and mother: 
to honour and obey the civil authori¬ 
ty : To submit myself to all my 
governors, teachers, spiritual pastors 
and masters: To order myself lowly 
and reverently to all my betters :To 
hurt nobody by word or deed :To be 
true and just in all my dealings :To 
bear no malice nor hatred in my 
heart: To keep my hands from pick¬ 
ing and stealing, and my tongue 
from evil speaking, lying, and slan¬ 
dering : To keep my body in tem¬ 
perance, soberness, and chastity: 
Not to covet nor desire other men’s 
goods; but to learn and labour truly 
to get mine own living, and to do 
my duty in that state of life unto 
which it shall please God to call 
me. 

Catechist. My good Child, know 
this; that thou art not able to do 
these things of thyself, nor to walk 
in the Commandments of God. and 
to serve him, without his special 
grace; which thou must learn at all 
times to call for by diligent prayer. 
Let me hear, therefore, if thou canst 
say the Lord’s Prayer. 

Answer. 

UR Father, who art in hea¬ 
ven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done on earth, As it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our trespasses, As we 
forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into tempta¬ 
tion ; But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

Quest. What desirest thou of God 
in this Prayer ? 

Ans. I desire my Lord God, our 
heavenly Father, who is the giver 
of all goodness, to send his grace 
unto me, and to all people; that we 


may worship him, serve him, and 
obey him, as we ought to do. And 
I pray unto God, that he will send 
us all things that are needful both 
for our souls and bodies; and that 
he will be merciful unto us, and for¬ 
give us our sins; and that it will 
please him to save and defend us in 
all dangers both of soul and body ; 
and that he will keep us from all sin 
and wickedness, and from our spirit¬ 
ual enemy, and from everlasting 
death. And this I trust he will do 
of his mercy and goodness, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. And there¬ 
fore I say, Amen, So be it. 

Question. 

OW many Sacraments hath 
Christ ordained in his Church ? 

Ans. Two only, as generally 
necessary to salvation ; that is to say, 
Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. 

Quest. What meanest thou by 
this word Sacrament ? 

Ans. I mean an outward and 
visible sign of an inward and spirit¬ 
ual grace given unto us; ordained 
by Christ himself, as a means where¬ 
by we receive the same, and a pledge 
to assure us thereof. 

Quest. How many parts are there 
in a Sacrament? 

Ans. Two; the outward visi¬ 
ble sign, and the inward spiritual 
grace. 

Quest. What is the outward visi¬ 
ble sign or form in Baptism ? 

Ans. Water; wherein the per¬ 
son is baptized, In the Name of the 
Father , and of the Son , and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Quest. What is the inward and 
spiritual grace ? 

Ans. A death unto sin, and a 
new birth unto righteousness: for 
being by nature born in sin, and the 
children of wrath, we are hereby 
made the children of grace. 

Quest. What is required of per¬ 
sons to be baptized ? 





A CATECHISM. 


143 


Ans. Repentance, whereby they 
forsake sin; and Faith, whereby 
they steadfastly believe the promises 
of God made to them in that Sacra¬ 
ment. 

Quest Why then are Infants bap¬ 
tized, when by reason of their tender 
age they cannot perform them ? 

Ans. Because they promise them 
both by their Sureties; which prom¬ 
ise, when they come to age, them¬ 
selves are bound to perform. 

Quest. Why was the Sacrament 
of the Lord’s Supper ordained? 

Ans. For the continual remem¬ 
brance of the sacrifice of the death 
of Christ, and of the benefits which 
we receive thereby. 

Quest. What is the outward part 
or sign of the Lord’s Supper? 

Ans. Bread and Wine, which the 
Lord hath commanded to be re¬ 
ceived. 

V The Minister of every Parish shall diligently, upon Sundays and Holy Days, or on some 
other convenient occasions, openly in the Church, instruct or examine so many Children 
of his Parish, sent unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this Cate¬ 
chism. 

f And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Mistresses, shall cause their Children, Servants, 
and Apprentices, who have not learned their Catechism, to come to the Church at the time 
appointed, and obediently to hear and to be ordered by the Minister, until such time as they 
have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn. 

V So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, 
and the Ten Commandments, and can answer to the other questions of this short Catechism, 
they shall be brought to the Bishop. 

t And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him foi 
their Confirmation, the Minister of every Parish shall either bring, or send in wririug, with 
his hand subscribed thereunto, the Names of all such Persons within his Parish, as he shall 
think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. 


Quest. What is the inward part, 
or thing signified? 

Ans. The Body and Blood of 
Christ, which are spiritually taken 
and received by the faithful in the 
Lord’s Supper. 

Quest. What are the benefits 
whereof we are partakers thereby ? 

Ans. The strengthening and re¬ 
freshing of our souls by the Body 
and Blood of Christ, as our bodies 
are by the Bread and Wine. 

Quest. What is required of those 
who come to the Lord’s Supper? 

Ans. To examine themselves, 
whether they repent them truly of 
their former sins, steadfastly pur¬ 
posing to lead a new life; have a 
lively faith in God’s mercy through 
Christ, with a thankful remembrance 
of his death; and be in charity with 
all men. 



[ 144 ] 

THE ORDER OF 


CONFIRMATION, 

OH LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE WHO ARE BAPTIZED, AND COME 
TO YEARS OF DISCRETION. 


'T Upon the day appointed, all that are to be 
then confirmed, being placed and standing 
in order before the Bishop ; he, or some oth¬ 
er Minister appointed by him, shall read this 
Preface following. 

mO the end that Confirmation 
JL may be ministered to the more 
edifying of such as shall receive it, 
the Church hath thought good to 
order, That none shall be confirmed, 
but such as can say the Creed, the 
Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Com¬ 
mandments ; and can also answer 
to such other Questions, as in the 
short Catechism are contained: 
which order is very convenient to 
be observed; to the end that chil¬ 
dren, being now come to the years 
of discretion, and having learned 
what their Godfathers and Godmo¬ 
thers promised for them in Baptism, 
may themselves, with their own 
mouth and consent, openly before 
the Church, ratify and confirm the 
same; and also promise, that, by 
the grace of God, they will evermore 
endeavour themselves faithfully to 
observe such things, as they, by 
their own confession, have assented 
unto. 

H Then shall the Bishop say, 

D O ye here, in the presence of 
God, and of this congrega¬ 
tion, renew the solemn promise and 
vow that ye made, or that was 
made in your name, at your Bap¬ 
tism ; ratifying and confirming the 
same; and acknowledging your¬ 
selves bound to believe and to do all 
those things which ye then under¬ 
took, or your Sponsors then under¬ 
took for you ? 


IT And every one shall audibly answer, 

Ido. 

Bishop. 

UR help is in the Name of the 
Lord ; 

Answer. Who hath made heaven 
and earth. 

Bishop. Blessed be the Name of 
the Lord; 

Answer. Henceforth, world with¬ 
out end. 

Bishop. Lord, hear our prayer; 

Answer. And let our cry come 
unto thee. 

Bishop. Let us pray. 
LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, who hast vouchsafed to 
regenerate these thy servants by 
Water and the Holy Ghost, and 
hast given unto them forgiveness 
of all their sins; Strengthen them, 
we beseech thee, O Lord, with the 
Holy Ghost, the Comforter, and 
daily increase in them thy manifold 
gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom 
and understanding, the spirit of 
counsel and ghostly strength, the 
spirit of knowledge and true godli¬ 
ness ; and fill them, O Lord, with 
the spirit of thy holy fear, now and 
for ever. 

IT Then all of them in order kneeling be¬ 
fore the Bishop, he shall lay his hands 

upon the head of every one severally, say¬ 
ing* 

D efend, o Lord, this thy 

Child [or, this thy Servant] 
with thy heavenly grace; that he 
may continue thine for ever; and 
da'ly increase in thy Holy Spirit 
more and more, until he come unto 
thy everlasting kingdom. Amen. 









145 


MATRIMONY. 


V Then shall the Bishop say, 

The Lord be with you. 

Answer. And with thy spirit. 

T And all kneeling down, the Bishop shall add, 

Let us pray. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

If And these Collects. 

A LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, who makest us both to 
will and to do those things which 
are good, and acceptable unto thy 
Divine Majesty; We make our hum¬ 
ble supplications unto thee for these 
thy servants, upon whom, after the 
example of thy holy Apostles, we 
have now laid our hands, to certify 
them, by this sign, of thy favour and 
gracious goodness towards them. 
Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech 
thee, ever be over them; let thy 


Holy Spirit ever be with them ; and 
so lead them in the knowledge and 
obedience of thy Word, that in the 
end they may obtain everlasting 
life ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who with thee and the Holy Ghost, 
liveth and reigneth, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY Lord, and ever¬ 
lasting God, vouchsafe, we be¬ 
seech thee, to direct, sanctify, and 
govern, both our hearts and bodies, in 
the ways of thy laws,and in the works 
ofthycommandments; that,through 
thy most mighty protection both 
here and ever, we may be preserved 
in body and soul; through our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

If Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying 
thus, 

T HE blessing of God Almighty, 
the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, be upon you, and re¬ 
main with you for ever. Amen. 

If And there shall none be admitted to the Ho¬ 
ly Communion, until such time as he be con¬ 
firmed, or be ready and desirous to be con¬ 
firmed. 




THE FORM OF 

SOLEMNIZATION of MATRIMONY. 


1“ The laws respecting Matrimony, whether by publishing the Bans in churches, or by Li¬ 
cense, being different in the several States, every Minister is left to the direction of those 
laws, in every thing that regards the civil contract between the parties. 

V And when the Bans are published, it shall be in the following form: I'publish the Bans of 
Marriage between M. of -, and N. of -. If any of you know cause, or just impedi¬ 

ment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to de¬ 
clare it. This is the first [second or third] time of asking. 


* At the day and time appointed for Solemni¬ 
zation of Matrimony, the Persons to be mar¬ 
ried shall come into the body of the Church, 
or shall be ready in some proper house, with 
their friends and neighbours; and there 
standing together,the Man on the right hand, 
and the Woman on the left, the Minister 
shall say, 

D EARLY beloved, we are gathe¬ 
red together here in the sight 
of God, and in the face of this com¬ 


pany, to join together this Man and 
this Woman in holy Matrimony; 
which is commended of Saint Paul 
to be honourable among all men: 
and therefore is not by any to be 
entered into unadvisedly or lightly; 
but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, 
soberly, and in the fear of God. 
Into this holy estate, these two per- 










146 


MATRIMONY. 


sons present come now to be joined. 
If any man can show just cause, 
why they may not lawfully be joined 
together, let him now speak, or else 
hereafter for ever hold his peace. 

11 And also speaking unto the Persons who are 
to be married, he shall say, 

I REQUIRE and charge you 
both, as ye will answer at the 
dreadful day of judgment when the 
secrets of all hearts shall be disclos¬ 
ed, that if either of you know any 
impediment, why ye may not be 
lawfully joined together in Matri¬ 
mony, ye do now confess it. For be 
ye well assured, that if any persons 
are joined together otherwise than 
as God’s Word doth allow, their mar¬ 
riage is not lawful. 

H The Minister, if he shall have reason to 
doubt of the lawfulness of the proposed Mar¬ 
riage,may demand sufficient surety for his 
indemnification: but if no impediment shall 
be alleged, or suspected, the Minister shall 
say to the Man, 

Af.'V^TILT thou have this Wo- 
▼ ▼ man to thy wedded wife, to 
live together after God’s ordinance 
in the holy estate of Matrimony ? 
Wilt thou love her, comfort her, 
honour, and keep her in sickness 
and in health; and, forsaking all 
others, keep thee only unto her, so 
long as ye both shall live ? 

H Tho Man shall answer, 

I will. 

T Then shall the Minister say unto the Wo¬ 
man, 

lYTT^TILT thou have this Man to 
▼ ▼ thy wedded husband, to 
live together after God’s ordinance 
in the holy estate of Matrimony? 
Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, 
:ove, honour, and keep him in sick¬ 
ness and in health; and, forsaking all 
others, keep thee only unto him, so 
.ong as ye both shall live ? 

H The Woman shall answer, 

I will. 

H Then shall the Minister say, 


Who giveth this Woman to be 
married to this Man ? 

H Then shall they give their Troth to each 
other in this manner. 

The Minister, receiving the Woman at her 
father’s or friend’s hands, shall cause the 
Man with his right hand to take the Woman 
by her right hand, and to say after him as 
followeth. 

I M. take thee N. to my wedded 
wife, to have and to hold from 
this day forward,for better for worse, 
for richer for poorer, in sickness and 
in health, to love and to cherish, till 
death us do part, according to God’s 
holy ordinance ; and thereto I plight 
thee my troth. 

IT Then shall they loose their hands; and the 
Woman with her right hand taking the Man 
by his right hand, shall likewise say after the 
Minister : 

I N. take thee M. to my wedded 
husband, to have and to hold from 
this day forward,for better for worse, 
for richer for poorer, in sickness and 
in health, to love, cherish,and to obey, 
till death us do part, according to 
God’s holy ordinance ; and thereto I 
give thee my troth. 

11 Then shall they again loose their hands; 
and the Man shall give unto the Woman a 
Ring. And the Minister taking the Ring, 
shall deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon 
the fourth finger of the Woman’s left hand. 
And the Man holding the Ring there, and 
taught by the Minister, shall say, 

ITH this Ring I thee wed, 
and with all my worldly goods 
I thee endow: In the Name of the Fa¬ 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen. 

H Then the Man, leaving the Ring upon the 
fourth finger of the Woman’s left hand, the 
Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 





147 


VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


O ETERNAL God, Creator and 
Preserver of all mankind, Giv¬ 
er of all spiritual grace, the Author 
of everlasting life; Send thy blessing 
upon these thy servants, this man 
and this woman, whom we bless in 
thy Name; that, as Isaac and Re¬ 
becca lived faithfully together, so 
these persons may surely perform 
and keep the vow and covenant be¬ 
twixt them made, (whereof this 
Ring given and received is a token 
and pledge,) and may ever remain 
in perfect love and peace together, 
and live according to thy laws; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

TT Then shall the Minister join their right hands 
together, and say, 

Those whom God hath joined to¬ 
gether let no man put asunder. 

T Then shall the Minister speak unto the 
company: 


F orasmuch as m. and n. 

have consented together in 
holy wedlock, and have witnessed 
the same before God and this com¬ 
pany, and thereto have given and 
pledged their troth, each to the 
other, and have declared the same 
by giving and receiving a Ring, and 
by joining hands ; I pronounce that 
they are Man and Wife, In the Name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT And the Minister shall add this blessing: 

OD the Father, God the Son, 
God the Holy Ghost, bless, 
preserve, and keep you; the Lord 
mercifully with his favour look upon 
you, and fill you with all spiritual 
benediction and grace ; that ye may 
so live together in this life, that in 
the world to come ye may have life 
everlasting. Amen. 



THE ORDER FOR 

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


IT When any Person is sick, notice shall be 
given thereof to the Minister of the Parish ; 
who, coming into the sick Person’s house, 
shall say, 

EACE be to this house, and to 
all that dwell in it. 

IT When he cometh into the sick Man’s pres¬ 
ence, he shall say, kneeling down, 

R emember not, Lord, our 

iniquities, nor the iniquities of 
our forefathers; Spare us, good 
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed with thy most pre¬ 
cious blood, and be not angry with 
us for ever. 

Answer. Spare us, good Lord. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Christ , have mercy upon us. 


Lord, have mercy upon us. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven. 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, save thy ser¬ 
vant ; 

Answer. Who putteth his trust 
in thee. 

Minister. Send him help from thy 
holy place; 

Answer. And evermore mightily 
defend him. 









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VISITATION 

Minister. Let the enemy have 
no advantage of him; 

Answer. Nor the wicked ap¬ 
proach to hurt him. 

Minister. Be unto him , O Lord, 
a strong tower, 

Answer. From the face of his 
enemy. 

Minister. O Lord,hear our pray¬ 
er. 

Answer. And let our cry come 
unto thee. 

Minister. 

LORD, look down from hea¬ 
ven, behold, visit, and relieve 
this thy servant. Look upon him 
with the eyes of thy mercy, give him 
comfort and sure confidence in thee, 
defend him from the danger of the 
enemy, and keep him in perpetual 
peace and safety; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

EAR us, Almighty and most 
merciful God and Saviour; 
extend thy accustomed goodness to 
this thy servant, who is grieved with 
: sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, 
this thy fatherly correction to him; 
that the sense of his weakness may 
add strength to his faith, and seri¬ 
ousness to his repentance: That, if 
it shall be thy good pleasure to re¬ 
store him to his former health, he 
may lead the residue of his life in thy 
fear, and to thy glory: or else, give 
him grace so to take thy visitation, 
that, after this painful life ended, he 
may dwell with thee in life everlast¬ 
ing ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

^ Then shall the Minister exhort the sick Per¬ 
son after this form, or other like. 

D EARLY beloved, know this, 
that Almighty God is the Lord 
of life and death, and of all things 
to them pertaining; as youth, 
strength, health, age, weakness, and 
sickness. Wherefore, whatsoever 
vour sickness be, know you certainly 


OF THE SICK. 

that it is God’s visitation. And fo: 
what cause soever this sickness be 
sent unto you ; whether it be to try 
your patience for the example of 
others, and that your faith may be 
found, in the day of the Lord, laud¬ 
able, glorious, and honourable, to 
the increase of glory and endless fe¬ 
licity ; or else it be sent unto you to 
correct and amend in you whatso¬ 
ever doth offend the eyes of your 
heavenly Father; know you cer¬ 
tainly, that if you truly repent you 
of your sins, and bear your sickness 
patiently, trusting in God’s mercy 
for his dear Son Jesus Christ’s sake, 
and render unto him humble thanks 
for his fatherly visitation, submitting 
yourself wholly unto his will, it shall 
turn to your profit, and help you for¬ 
ward in the right way that leadeth 
unto everlasting life. 

IT If the Person visited be very sick, then the 
Minister may end his Exhortation in this 
place, or else proceed. 

T AKE therefore in good part the 
chastisement of the Lord: For 
(as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth 
Chapter to the Hebrews) whom the 
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom he re- 
ceiveth. If ye endure chastening, 
God dealeth with you as with sons ; 
for what son is he whom the father 
chasteneth not ? But if ye be with¬ 
out chastisement, whereof all are 
partakers, then are ye bastards, and 
not sons. Furthermore, we have 
had fathers of our flesh, which cor¬ 
rected us, and we gave them rever¬ 
ence : shall we not much rather be 
in subjection unto the Father of 
spirits, and live ? For they verily for 
a few days chastened us after their 
own pleasure ; but he for our profit, 
that we might be partakers of his 
holiness. These words, good bro¬ 
ther , are written in holy Scripture 
for our comfort and instruction ; 
that we should patiently, and with 





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VISITATION 

thanksgiving, bear our heavenly Fa¬ 
ther’s correction,whensoever,by any 
manner of adversity, it shall please 
his gracious goodness to visit us. 
And there should be no greater com¬ 
fort to Christian persons, than to be 
made like unto Christ, by suffering 
patiently adversities, troubles, and 
sicknesses. For he himself went 
not up to joy, but first he suffered 
pain ; he entered not into his glory 
before he was crucified. So truly 
our way to eternal joy is to suffer 
here with Christ; and our door to 
enter into enternal life is gladly to 
die with Christ; that we may rise 
again from death, and dwell with 
him in everlasting life. Now there¬ 
fore, taking your sickness, which is 
thus profitable for you, patiently, I 
exhort you, in the Name of God, to 
remember the profession which you 
made unto God in your Baptism. 
And forasmuch as after this life 
there is an account to be given unto 
the righteous Judge, by whom all 
must be judged, without respect of 
persons, I require you to examine 
yourself and your estate, both to¬ 
ward God and man; so that, ac¬ 
cusing and condemning yourself for 
your own faults, you may find mer¬ 
cy at our heavenly Father’s hand 
for Christ’s sake, and not be accused 
and condemned in that fearful judg¬ 
ment. Therefore I shall rehearse to 
you the Articles of our Faith; that 
you may know whether you do be¬ 
lieve as a Christian man should, or 
no. 

T Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles 
of the Faith, saying thus, 

OST thou believe in God the 
Father Almighty, Maker of 
heaven and earth ? 

And in Jesus Christ his only-be¬ 
gotten Son our Lord ? And that he 
was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
born of the Virgin Mary; that he 
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was 


)F THE SICK. 

crucified, dead, and buried ; that he 
went down into hell, and also did 
rise again the third day; that he 
ascended into heaven, and sitteth 
on the right hand of God the Father 
Almighty; and from thence shall 
come again, at the end of the world, 
to judge the quick and the dead ? 

And dost thou believe in the Holy 
Ghost; the holy Catholic Church, 
the Communion of Saints ; the Re¬ 
mission of sins ; the Resurrection of 
the flesh ; and everlasting Life after 
death? 

If The sick Person shall answer, 

All this I steadfastly believe. 

If Then shall the Minister examine whether 
he repent him truly of his sins, and be in 
charity with all the world; exhorting him 
to forgive, from the bottom of his heart, 
all Persons that have offended him ; and 
if he hath offended any other, to ask them 
forgiveness ; and where he hath done in¬ 
jury or wrong to any man, that he make 
amends to the uttermost of his power. 
And if he hath not before disposed of his 
goods, let him then be admonished to 
make his Will, and to declare his Debts, 
what he oweth, and what is owing unto 
him, for the better discharging of his 
conscience, and the quietness of his Execu¬ 
tors. But men should often be put in re¬ 
membrance to take order for the settling of 
their temporal estates, whilst they are in 
health. 

If The Exhortation before rehearsed, may be 
said before the Minister begin his Prayer, as 
he shall see cause. 

If The Minister shall not omit earnestly to 
move such sick Persons as are of ability, to 
be liberal to the poor. 

If And then the Minister shall say the Collect 
following. 

Let us pray. 

MOST merciful God, who,, 
according to the multitude of 
thy mercies, dost so put away the 
sins of those who truly repent, that 
thou rememberest them no more ; 
Open thine eye of mercy upon this 
thy servant, who most earnestly de- 
sireth pardon and forgiveness. Re¬ 
new in him , most loving Father, 
whatsoever hath been decayed by 
the fraud and malice of the devil, or 
by his own carnal will and frail- 






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ness ; preserve and continue this 
sick member in the unity of the 
Church ; consider his contrition, ac¬ 
cept his tears, assuage his pain, as 
shall seem to thee most expedient 
for him. And forasmuch as he put- 
teth his full trust only in thy mercy, 
impute not unto him his former sins, 
but strengthen him with thy blessed 
Spirit; and,when thou art pleased to 
take him hence, take him unto thy fa¬ 
vour ; through the merits of thy most 
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

V Then shall the Minister say this Psalm. 

Psalm 130 . Be profundis. 

UT of the deep have I called 
unto thee, O Lord ; Lord, hear 
my voice. 

O let thine ears consider well the 
voice of my complaint. 

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to 
mark what is done amiss: O Lord, 
who may abide it ? 

For there is mercy with thee; 
therefore shall thou be feared. 

I look for the Lord ; my soul doth 
wait for him ; in his word is my 
trust. 

My soul fleeth unto the Lord, be¬ 
fore the morning watch ; I say, be¬ 
fore the morning watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with 
the Lord there is mercy, and with 
him is plenteous redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from 
all his sins. 

IT Adding this. 

SAVIOUR of the world, who 
by thy Cross and precious 
Blood hast redeemed us; Save us, 
and help us, we humbly beseech 
thee, O Lord. 

IT Then shall the Minister say, 

T HE Almighty Lord, who is a 
most strong tower to all those 
who put their trust in him, to whom 
all things in heaven, in earth, and 
under the earth, do bow and obey, 
JBe now and evermore thy defence ; 


and make thee know and feel, that 
there is none other Name under hea¬ 
ven given to man, in whom, and 
through whom, thou mayest receive 
health and salvation, but only the 
Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

IT Here the Minister may use any part of the 
service of this book, which, in his discretion, 
he shall think convenient to the occasion; 
and after that shall say, 

U NTO God’s gracious mercy 
and protection we commit 
thee. The Lord bless thee, and 
keep thee. The Lord make his face 
to shine upon thee, and be gracious 
unto thee. The Lord lift up his 
countenance upon thee, and give 
thee peace, both now and evermore. 
Amen. 

T Prayers which may be said with the foregt>- 
going service, or any part thereof, at the 
discretion of the Minister. 

A Prayer for a sick Child. 

ALMIGHTY God, and merci¬ 
ful Father, to whom alone be¬ 
long the issues of life and death; 
Look down from heaven, we humbly 
beseech thee, with the eyes of mer¬ 
cy upon this child, now lying upon 
the bed of sickness: Visit him , O 
Lord, with thy salvation; deliver 
him in thy good appointed time from 
his bodily pain, and save his soul for 
thy mercies’ sake: That, if it shall 
be thy pleasure to prolong his days 
here on earth, he may live to thee, 
and be an instrument of thy glory, 
by serving thee faithfully, and doing 
good in his generation; or else re¬ 
ceive him into those heavenly habit¬ 
ations, where the souls of those who 
sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy per¬ 
petual rest and felicity. Grant this, 
O Lord, for thy mercies’ sake, in the 
same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer for a sick Person, when there ap- 
peareth but small hope of recovery. 






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O FATHER of mercies, and 
God of all comfort, our only 
help in time of need; We fly unto 
thee for succour in behalf of this thy 
servant, here lying under thy hand 
in great weakness of body. Look 
graciously upon him, O Lord; and 
the more the outward man decayeth, 
strengthen him, we beseech thee, so 
much the more continually with thy 
grace and Holy Spirit in the inner 
man. Give him unfeigned repent¬ 
ance for all the errors of his life past, 
and steadfast faith in thy Son Jesus; 
that his sins may be done away by 
thy mercy, and his pardon sealed in 
heaven, before he go hence, and be 
no more seen. We know, O Lord, 
that there is no word impossible with 
thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou 
canst even yet raise him up, and 
grant him a longer continuance 
amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in 
all appearance the time of his disso¬ 
lution draweth near, so fit and pre¬ 
pare him, we beseech thee, against 
the hour of death, that after his de¬ 
parture hence in peace, and in thy 
favour, his soul may be received into 
thine everlasting kingdom; through 
the merits and mediation of Jesus 
Christ thine only Son, our Lord and 
Saviour. Amen. 

A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person 
at the point of departure. 

ALMIGHTY God, with whom 
do live the spirits of just men 
made perfect, after they are deliver¬ 
ed from their earthly prisons; We 
humbly commend the soul of this 
thy servant, our dear brother , into 
thy hands, as into the hands of a 
faithful Creator, and most merciful 
Saviour; most humbly beseeching 
thee, that it may be precious in thy 
sight. Wash it, we pray thee, in 
the blood of that immaculate Lamb, 
that was slain to take away the sins 
of the world; that whatsoever de¬ 
filements it may have contracted in 


the midst of this miserable and 
naughty world, through the lusts of 
the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, be¬ 
ing purged and done away, it may 
be presented pure and without spot 
before thee. And teach us who sur¬ 
vive, in this and other like daily 
spectacles of mortality, to see how 
frail and uncertain our own condi¬ 
tion is; and so to number our days, 
that we may seriously apply our 
hearts to that holy and heavenly 
wisdom, whilst we live here, which 
may in the end bring us to life ever¬ 
lasting; through the merits of Jesus 
Christ thine only Son our Lord. 
Amen. 

A Prayer for Persons troubled in mind or 
in conscience. 

O BLESSED Lord, the Father 
of mercies, and the God of all 
comfort,We beseech thee, look down 
in pity and compassion upon this 
thy afflicted servant. Thou writest 
bitter things against him, and makest 
him to possess his former iniquities; 
thy wrath lieth hard upon him , and 
his soul is full of trouble. But, O 
merciful God, who hast written thy 
holy Word for our learning, that we, 
through patience and comfort of thy 
holy Scriptures, might have hope; 
give him a right understanding of 
himself, and of thy threats and prom¬ 
ises ; that he may neither cast away 
his confidence in thee, nor place it 
any where but in thee. Give him 
strength against all his temptations, 
and heal all his distempers. Break 
not the bruised reed, nor quench the 
smoking flax. Shut not up thy teqder 
mercies in displeasure; but make 
him to hear of joy and gladness, that 
the bones which thou hast broken 
may rejoice. Deliver him from fear 
of the enemy, and lift up the light 
of thy countenance upon him, and 
give him peace, through the merits 
and mediation of Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 




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VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


A Prayer which may be said by the Minis¬ 
ter in behalf of all present at the visita¬ 
tion. 

O GOD, whose days are without 
end, and whose mercies can¬ 
not be numbered ; Make us, we be¬ 
seech thee, deeply sensible of the 
shortness and uncertainty of human 
life ; and let thy holy Spirit lead us 
through this vale of misery, in holi¬ 
ness and righteousness, all the days 
of our lives: That, when we shall 
have served thee in our generation, 
we may be gathered unto our fathers, 
having the testimony of a good con¬ 
science ; in the communion of the 
catholic Church; in the confidence of 
a certain faith; in the comfort of a 
reasonable, religious, and holy hope; 
in favour with thee our God, and in 
perfect charity with the world. All 
which we ask through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer which may be said in case of sudden 
surprise and immediate danger. 

O MOST gracious Father, we 
fly unto thee for mercy in be¬ 
half of this thy servant, here lying 
under the sudden visitation of thine 
hand. If it be thy will, preserve his 
life,that there may be place for repen¬ 
tance ; but if thou hast otherwise ap¬ 
pointed, let thy mercy supply to him 
the want of the usual opportunity 
for the trimming of his lamp. Stir 
up in him such sorrow for sin, and 
such fervent love to thee, as may in 
a short time do the work of many 
days: That among the praises which 


thy saints and holy angels shall sing 
to the honour of thy mercy through 
eternal ages, it may be to thy un¬ 
speakable glory, that thou hast re¬ 
deemed the soul of this thy servant 
from eternal death, and made him 
partaker of the everlasting life, which 
is through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A Thanksgiving for the beginning of a recov¬ 
ery. 

REAT and mighty God, who 
bringest down to the grave, 
and bringest up again; We bless thy 
wonderful goodness, for having turn¬ 
ed our heaviness into joy and our 
mourning into gladness, byrestoring 
this our brother to some degree of 
his former health. Blessed be thy 
Name that thou didst not forsake 
him in his sickness; but didst visit 
him with comforts from above; didst 
support him in patience and submis¬ 
sion to thy will; and, at last, didst 
send him seasonable relief. Perfect, 
we beseech thee, this thy mercy to¬ 
wards him; and prosper the means 
which shall be made use of for his 
cure : That being restored to health 
of body, vigour of mind, and cheer¬ 
fulness of spirit, he may be able to 
go to thine house, to offer thee an ob¬ 
lation with great gladness; and to 
bless thy holy Name for all thy good¬ 
ness towards him; through Jesi . 
Christ our Saviour, to whom, wi 
thee and the Holy Spirit, be all 
honour and glory,world without end. 
Amen. 




[153] 

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK 


H Forasmuch as all mortal men are subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and sick¬ 
nesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; therefore, 
to the intent they may be always in readiness to die, whensoever it shall please 
Almighty God to call them, the Ministers shall diligently from time to time (but 
especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious sickness) exhort their 
Parishioners to the often receiving of the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood 
of our Saviour Christ, when it shall be publicly administered in the Church; that 
so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted 
for lack of the same'. But if the sick Person be not able to come to the Church, and 
yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house ; then he must give timely 
notice to the Minister, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him, 
(which shall be two at the least ;) and all things necessary being prepared, the Minister 
shall there celebrate the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, 
here following. 


The Collect. 

LMIGHTY, everliving God, 
Maker of mankind, who dost 
correct those whom thou dost love, 
and chastise every one whom thou 
dost receive; We beseech thee to 
have mercy upon this thy servant 
visited with thine hand, and to grant 
that he may take his sickness patient¬ 
ly, and recover his bodily health, if it 
be thy gracious will; and that when¬ 
soever his soul shall depart from the 
body, it may be without spot pre¬ 
sented unto thee; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5. 

son, despise not thou the 
chastening of the Lord, nor 
faint when thou art rebuked of him. 
For whom the Lord loveth he chas- 
teneth; and scourgeth every son 
whom he receiveth. 

The Gospel. St. John v. 24. 

ERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on Him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation; but is passed 
from death unto life. 




IT After which the Minister shall proceed according to the form before prescribed for the Holy 
Communion, beginning at these words, Ye who do truly, &c. 

IT At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Minister shall first receive the 
Communion himself, and after minister unto those who are appointed to communicate with 
the sick, and last of all to the sick Person. 

? But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in * 
due time to the Minister, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other 
just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood, the 
Minister shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and steadfastly 
believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his 
Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby, and giving 
him hearty thanks therefor, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour 
Christ profitably to his Soul’s health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his 
mouth. 

H When the sick Person is visited, and receiveth the Holy Communion all at one time, then 
the Minister, for more expedition, shall cut off the form of the Visitation at the Psalm, and go 
straight to the Communion. 

IT In the times of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Parish or neighbours 
can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for fear of the infec¬ 
tion, upon special request of the diseased, the Minister alone may communicate with 
him 


U 






L154] 


THE ORDER FOR 

THE BIJRIAL OF THE DEAD. 


T Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any unbaptized adults, any 
who die excommunicate, or who have laid violent hands upon themselves. 

TT The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Churchyard, and going before it, 
either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing, 


1 AM the resurrection and the life, 
saith the Lord: he that believeth 
in me, though he were dead, yet shall 
he live: and whosoever liveth and 
believeth in me, shall never die. St, 
John xi. 25, 26. 

I KNOW that my Redeemer liv¬ 
eth, and that he shall stand at 
the latter day upon the earth. And 
though after my skin worms destroy 
this body, yet in my flesh shall I 
see God: whom I shall see for 
myself, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 
27. 

W E brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we 
can carry nothing out. The Lord 
gave, and the Lord hath taken away; 
blessed be the Name of the Lord. 
1 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 21. 

IT After they are come into the Church, shall 
. be said or sung the following Anthem, taken 
from the 39th and 90th Psalms. 

ORD, let me know my end, and 
the number of my days ; that 
I may be certified how long I have 
to live. 

Behold, thou hast made my days 
as it were a span long, and mine age 
is even as nothing in respect of thee; 
and verily every man living is alto¬ 
gether vanity. 

For man walketh in a vain shadow, 
and disquieteth himself in vain ; he 
heapeth up riches, and cannot tell 
who shall gather them. 


And now, Lord, what is my hope? 
Truly my hope is even in thee. 

Deliver me from all mine offences; 
and make me not a rebuke unto the 
foolish. 

When thou with rebukes dost 
chasten man for sin, thou makest his 
beauty to consume away, like as it 
were a moth fretting a garment: ev¬ 
ery man therefore is but vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and 
with thine ears consider my calling ; 
hold not thy peace at my tears : 

For I am a stranger with thee, 
and a soiourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

O spare me a little, that I may re¬ 
cover my strength, before I go hence, 
and be no more seen. 

Lord, thou hast been our refuge, 
from one generation to another. 

Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever the earth and 
the world were made, thou art God 
from everlasting, and world without 
end. 

Thou turnest man to destruction ; 
again thou sayest, Come again, ye 
children of men. 

For a thousand years in thy sight 
are but as yesterday ; seeing that is 
past as a watch in the night. 

As soon as thou scatterest them 
they are even as a sleep; and fade 
away suddenly like the grass. 

In the morning it is green, and 
groweth up ; but in the evening it is 
cut down, dried up, and withered. 

For we consume away in thy dis- 






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BURIAL OF 

pleasure; and are afraid at thy 
wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before 
thee; and our secret sins in the light 
of thy countenance. 

For when thou art angry, all our 
days are gone: we bring our years 
to an end, as it were a {ale that is 
told. 

The days of our age are three¬ 
score years and ten; and though 
men be so strong that they come to 
fourscore years, yet is their strength 
then but labour and sorrow; so 
soon passeth it away, and we are 
gone. 

So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

^ Then shall follow the Lesson, taken out of 
the fifteenth Chapter of the first Epistle of 
St. Paul to the Corinthians. 

1 Cor. XV. 20. 

OW is Christ risen from the 
dead, and become the first-fruits 
of them that slept. For since by man 
came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. For as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. But every man 
in his own order: Christ the first- 
fruits ; afterward they that are 
Christ’s, at his coming. Then 
cometh the end, when he shall have 
delivered up the kingdom to God, 
even the Father; when he shall have 
put down all rule, and all authority, 
and power. For he must reign, till 
he hath put all enemies under his 
feet. The last enemy that shall 
be destroyed is death. For he hath 
put all things under his feet. 
But when he saith, all things are 
put under him, it is manifest that 
he is excepted, which did put all 


THE DEAD. 

things under him. And when all 
things shall be subdued unto him, 
then shall the Son also himself be 
subject unto Him that put all things 
under him, that God may be all in 
all. Else what shall they do which 
are baptized for the dead, if the dead 
rise not at all? Why are they then 
baptized for the dead? and why 
stand we in jeopardy every hour? 
I protest by your rejoicing, which 1 
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die 
daily. If after the manner of men 
I have fought with beasts at Ephe¬ 
sus, what advantageth it me, if the 
dead rise not? let us eat and drink, 
for to-morrow we die. Be not de¬ 
ceived: evil communications corrupt 
good manners. Awake to righteous¬ 
ness, and sin not; for some have not 
the knowledge of God. I speak this 
to your shame. But some man will 
say, How are the dead raised up? 
and with what body do they come? 
Thou fool! that which thou sowest 
is not quickened, except it die. And 
that which thou sowest, thou sowest 
not that body that shall be, but bare 
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of 
some other grain. But God giveth 
it a body as it hath pleased him, and 
to every seed his own body. All 
flesh is not the same flesh; but there 
is one kind of flesh of men, another 
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and 
another of birds. There are also 
celestial bodies, and bodies terres¬ 
trial ; but the glory of the celestial is 
one, and the glory of the terrestrial 
is another. There is one glory of the 
sun, and another glory of the moon, 
and another glory of the stars; for 
one star differeth from another star 
in glory. So also is the resurrection 
of the dead. It is sown in corrup¬ 
tion ; it is raised in incorruption: it 
is sown in dishonour; it is raised in 
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is 
raised in power: it is sown a natural 
body; it is raised a spiritual body. 




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BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 


There is a natural body, and there 
is a spiritual body. And so it is writ¬ 
ten, The first man Adam was made 
a living soul; the last Adam was 
made a quickening spirit. Ho wbeit, 
that was not first which is spiritual, 
but that which is natural; and after¬ 
ward that which is spiritual. The 
first man is of the earth, earthy: the 
second man is the Lord from heaven. 
As is the earthy, such are they that 
are earthy: and as is the heavenly, 
such are they also that are heavenly. 
And as we have borne the image of 
the earthy, we shall also bear the 
image of the heavenly. Now this I 
say, brethren, that flesh and blood 
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; 
neither doth corruption inherit incor¬ 
ruption. Behold, I show you a 
mystery: we shall not all sleep, but 
we shall all be changed, in a moment, 
in the twinkling of an eye, at the 
last trump: for the trumpet shall 
sound, and the dead shall be raised 
incorruptible, and we shall be chan¬ 
ged. For this corruptible must put 
on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortality. So when 
this corruptible shall have put on in¬ 
corruption, and this mortal shall have 
put on immortality; then shall be 
brought to pass the saying that is 
written, Death is swallowed up in 
victory. O death,where is thy sting ? 
O grave, where is thy victory ? The 
sting of death is sin; and the strength 
of sin is the Law. But thanks be to 
God, which giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be 
ye steadfast, unmoveable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your la¬ 
bour is not in vain in the Lord. 

% When they come to the Grave, while the 
Corpse is made ready to be laid into the 
earth, shall be sung or said, 

M AN, that is born of a woman, 
hath but a short time to live, 


and is full of misery. He cometh 
up, and is cut down,like a flower; he 
fleeth as it were a shadow, and never 
continueth in one stay. 

In the midst of life we are in death: 
of whom may we seek for succour, 
but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins 
art justly displeased ? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O 
Lord most mighty, O holy and most 
merciful Saviour, deliver us not into 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
of our hearts : shut not thy merciful 
ears to our prayer ; but spare us, 
Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
O holy and merciful Saviour, thou 
most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us 
not, at our last hour, for any pains 
of death, to fall from thee. 

V Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the 
Body by some standing by, the Minister shall 
say, 

F ORASMUCH as it hath pleased 
Almighty God, in his wise prov¬ 
idence, to take out of this world the 
soul of our deceased brother , we 
therefore commit his body to the 
ground; earth to earth, ashes to 
ashes, dust to dust; looking tor the 
general Resurrection in the last day, 
and the life of the world to come, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ; at 
whose second coming in glorious 
majesty to judge the world, the 
earth and the sea shall give up 
their dead ; and the corruptible bo¬ 
dies of those who sleep in him shall 
be changed, and made like unto his 
own glorious body; according to 
the mighty working whereby he is 
able to subdue all things unto him¬ 
self. 

11 Then shall be said, or sung, 

I HEARD a voice from heaven, 
saying unto me, Write, From 
henceforth blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord: even so saith the 
Spirit; for they rest from their la¬ 
bours. Rev. xiv. ] 3, 



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CHURCHING 

^ Then the Minister shall say the Lord’s Pray¬ 
er. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

V Then the Minister shall say one or both 
of the following Prayers, at his discre¬ 
tion. 

A lmighty God, with whom 

do live the spirits of those who 
depart hence in the Lord, and with 
whom the souls of the faithful, after 
they are delivered from the burden 
of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; 
We give thee hearty thanks for the 
good examples of all those thy 
servants, who, having finished their 
course in faith, do now rest from 
their labours. And we beseech thee, 
that we, with all those who are de¬ 
parted in the true faith of thy holy 
Name,may have our perfect consum¬ 
mation and bliss, both in body and 
soul, in thy eternal and everlasting 
glory; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


OF WOMEN. 

MERCIFUL God, the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
is the resurrection and the life; in 
whom whosoever believeth, shall 
live, though he die ; and whosoever 
liveth, and believeth in him, shall not 
die eternally ; who also hath taught 
us, by his holy Apostle St. Paul, not 
to be sorry, as men without hope, for 
those who sleep in him; We humbly 
beseech thee, O Father, to raise us 
from the death of sin unto the life of 
righteousness ; that, when we shall 
depart this life, we may rest in him; 
and that, at the genera] Resurrection 
in the last day, we may be found ac¬ 
ceptable in thy sight; and receive 
that blessing, which thy well-be¬ 
loved Son shall then pronounce to 
all who love and fear thee, saying, 
Come, ye blessed children of my Fa¬ 
ther, receive the kingdom prepared 
for you from the beginning of the 
world. Grant this, we beseech thee, 
O merciful Father, through Jesus 
Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. 
Amen. 

T HE grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 



THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH; 

COMMONLY CALLED. 

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 


? This Service, or the concluding prayer alone, as it stands among the Occasional Prayers 
and Thanksgivings, may be used at the discretion of the Minister. 

Y The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the Church decently ap¬ 
parelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or 
as the Ordinary shall direct: And then the Minister shall say unto her, 

F ORASMUCH as it hath pleased | preserve you in the great danger of 
Almighty God, of his goodness, I Child-birth; you shall therefore give 
to give you safe deliverance, and to I hearty thanks unto God, and say, 







158 THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 

IT Then shall the Minister say the following 
Hymn, taken from the 116th Psalm. 


Dilexi quoniam. 

AM well pleased that the Lord 
hath heard the voice of my 
prayer; 

That he hath inclined his ear unto 
me; therefore will I call upon him 
as long as I live. 

I found trouble and heaviness, and 
I called upon the Name of the Lord ; 
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my 
soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and right¬ 
eous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

What reward shall I give unto the 
Lord, for all the benefits that he hath 
done unto me ? 

I will receive the cup of salvation, 
and call upon the Name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows now in the 
presence of all his people; in the 
courts of the Lord’s house, even in 
the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 
Praise the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

V Then shall the Minister say the Lord’s Pray¬ 
er, with what follows: but the Lord’s Prayer 
may be omitted,if this be used with the Morn¬ 
ing or Evening Prayer. 

UR Father, who art in hea¬ 
ven, Hallowed be thy Name. 


Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth, As it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our trespass¬ 
es, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into 
temptation; But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, save this wo¬ 
man thy servant; 

Answer. Who putteth her trust 
in thee. 

Minister. Be thou to her a strong 
tower; 

Answer. From the face of her 
enemy. 

Minister. Lord, hear our prayer; 

Answer. And let our cry come 
unto thee. 

Minister. Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY God, we give 
thee humble thanks for that 
thou hast been graciously pleased to 
preserve, through the great pain and 
peril of Child-birth, this woman thy 
servant, who desires now to offer her 
praises and thanksgivings unto thee. 
Grant, we beseech thee, most mer¬ 
ciful Father, that she, through thy 
help, may both faithfully live, and 
walk according to thy will in this 
life present; and also may be par¬ 
taker of everlasting glory in the life 
to come; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 




IT The Woman, that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed offerings, which shall 
be applied by the Minister and the Churchwardens to the relief of distressed women in child¬ 
bed ; and if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the Holy Commun- 



LI 59] 

FORMS OF 


PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea, shall be the same which is ap¬ 
pointed in the Book of Common Prayer. 


H These two following Prayers may be also 
used in Ships of War. 

O ETERNAL Lord God, who 
alone spreadest out the hea¬ 
vens, and rulest the raging of the 
sea; who hast compassed the waters 
with bounds, until day and night 
come to an end; Be pleased to re¬ 
ceive into thy Almighty and most 
gracious protection, the persons of 
us thy servants, and the Fleet [or 
Ship] in which we serve. Preserve 
us from the dangers of the sea, and 
from the violence of the enemy; 
that we may be a safeguard unto 
the United States of America, and 
a security for such as pass on the 
seas upon their lawful occasions; 
that the inhabitants of our land may 
in peace and quietness serve thee our 
God ; and that we may return in 
safety to enjoy the blessings of the 
land, with the fruits of our labour; 
and, with a thankful remembrance 
of thy mercies, to praise and glorify 
thy holy Name; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Collect. 

IRECT us, O Lord, in all our 
doings, with thy most gracious 
favour, and further us with thy con¬ 
tinual help; that in all our works 
begun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy holy Name; and 
finally by thy mercy obtain everlast¬ 
ing life; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

IT Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. 

O MOST powerful and glorious 
Lord God, at whose command 
the winds blow, and lift up the waves 


of the sea, and who stillest the rage 
thereof; We, thy creatures, but mis¬ 
erable sinners, do in this our great 
distress cry unto thee for help: Save, 
Lord, or else we perish. We con¬ 
fess, when we have been safe, and 
seen all things quiet about us, we 
have forgotten thee our God, and 
refused to hearken to the still voice 
of thy word, and to obey thy com¬ 
mandments : But now we see how 
terrible thou art in all thy works of 
wonder ; the great God to be feared 
above all: And therefore we adore 
thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging 
thy power, and imploring thy good¬ 
ness. Help, Lord, and save us for 
thy mercies’ sake, in Jesus Christ, 
thy Son our Lord. Amen 

IT Or this. 

MOST glorious and gracious 
Lord God, who dwellest in 
heaven, but beholdest all things be¬ 
low ; Look down, we beseech thee, 
and hear us, calling out of the depth 
of misery, and out of the jaws of 
this death, which is now ready to 
swallow us up: Save,Lord,or else we 
perish. The living, the living shall 
praise thee. O send thy word of 
command to rebuke the raging winds 
and the roaring sea; that we, be¬ 
ing delivered from this distress, 
may live to serve thee, and to glori¬ 
fy thy Name all the days of our 
life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the 
infinite merits of our blessed Sa¬ 
viour, thy Son,our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

V The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea 
against any Enemy. 







100 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


O MOST powerful and glorious 
Lord God, the Lord of hosts, 
that rulest and comrnandest all 
things; Thou sittest in the throne 
judging right, and therefore we 
make our address to thy Divine 
Majesty in this our necessity, that 
thou wouldest take the cause into 
thine own hand, and judge between 
us and our enemies. Stir up thy 
strength, O Lord, and come and 
help us ; for thou givest not alway 
the battle to the strong, but canst 
save by many or by few. O let not 
our sins now cry against us for ven¬ 
geance ; but hear us thy poor ser¬ 
vants begging mercy, and imploring 
thy help, and that thou wouldest be 
a defence unto us against the face of 
the enemy. Make it appear that thou 
art our Saviour and mighty Deliv¬ 
erer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

T Short Prayers for single persons, who can¬ 
not meet to join in Prayer with others, by 
reason of the Fight or Storm. 

* General Prayers. 

ORD be merciful to us sinners, 
and save us for thy mercies’ 

sake. 

Thou art the great God, who hast 
made and rulest all things: 0 deliver 
us for thy Name’s sake. 

Thou art the great God to be fear¬ 
ed above all: O save us, that we 
may praise thee. 

Special Prayers with respect to the Ene¬ 
my. 

mHOU, O Lord, art just and pow- 
JL erful: O defend our cause 
against the face of the enemy. 

O God, thou art a strong tower of 
defence to all who fly unto thee : O 
save us from the violence of the en¬ 
emy. 

O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that 
we may glorify thee. 

O suffer us not to sink under the 
weight of our sins, or the violence of 
the enemy. 


O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us, for thy Name’s sake. 

Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. 

T HOU, O Lord, who stillest the 
raging of the sea, hear, hear us, 
and save us, that we perish not. 

O blessed Saviour, who didst save 
thy disciples ready to perish in a 
storm ; hear us, and save us, we be¬ 
seech thee. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, hear us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy 
upon us, save us now and evermore. 
Amen. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 

IT When there shall be imminent danger, as 
many as can be spared from necessary ser¬ 
vice in the Ship shall be called together, and 
make an humble Confession of their sin to 
God. In which, every one ought seriously 
to reflect upon those particular sins of which 
his conscience shall accuse him; saying as 
followeth. 

The Confession. 

A LMIGHTY God, Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker 
of all things, Judge of all men; 
We acknowledge and bewail our 
manifold sins and wickedness, Which 
we from time to time most grievously 
have committed, By thought, word, 
and deed, Against thy Divine Majes¬ 
ty, Provoking most justly thy wrath 
and indignation against us. We do 
earnestly repent, And are heartily 
sorry for these our misdoings ; The 
remembrance of them is grievous 
unto us ; The burden of them is in- 







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FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


tolerable. Have mercy upon us, 
Have mercy upon us, most merciful 
Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is 
past; And grant that we may ever 
hereafter Serve and please thee In 
newness of life, To the honour and 
glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

^ Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the 
Ship, say, 

A LMIGHTY God, our heaven¬ 
ly Father, who of his great 
mercy hath promised forgiveness oi 
sins to all those who with hearty re¬ 
pentance and true faith turn unto 
him ; Have mercy upon you; par¬ 
don and deliver you from all your 
sins ; confirm and strengthen you 
in all goodness, and bring you to 
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

IT Thanksgiving after a Storm. 

Jubilate Deo. Psalm 66. 

BE joyful in God, all ye lands ; 
sing praises unto the honour of 
his Name; make his praise to be glo¬ 
rious. 

Say unto God, O how wonderful 
art thou in thy works ; through the 
greatness of thy power shall thine 
enemies be found liars unto thee. 

For all the world shall worship thee, 
sing of thee, and praise thy Name. 

O come hither, and behold the 
works of God; how wonderful he is 
in his doing towards the children of 
men. 

He ruleth with his power for ever; 
his eyes behold the people ; and such 
as will not believe shall not be able 
to exalt themselves. 

O praise our God, ye people, and 
make the voice of his praise to be 
heard; 

Who holdeth our soul in life ; and 
sufFereth not our feet to slip. 

For thou, O God, hast proved us ; 
thou also hast tried us, like as silver 
is tried. 


Thoubroughtest us into the snare; 
and laidest trouble upon our loins. 

I will go into thine house with 
burnt-offerings; and will pay thee 
my vows, which I promised with my 
lips, and spake with my mouth, 
when I was in trouble. 

O come hither, and hearken, all 
ye that fear God; and I will tell 
you what he hath done for my soul. 

I called unto him with my mouth, 
and gave him praiseswith my tongue. 

If I incline unto wickedness with 
mine heart, the Lord will not hear 
me. 

But God hath heard me; and 
considered the voice of my prayer. 

Praised be God, who hath not cast 
out my prayer, nor turned his mercy 
from me. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

Confitemini Domino . Psalm 107. 
THAT men would praise the 
Lord for his goodness ; and 
declare the wonders that he doeth 
for the children of men ! 

That they would offer unto him 
the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell 
out his works with gladness ! 

They that go down to the sea in 
ships, and occupy their business in 
great waters; 

These men see the works of the 
Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 

For at his word the stormy wind 
ariseth, which lifteth up the waves 
thereof. 

They are carried up to the heav¬ 
en, and down again to the deep; their 
soul melteth away because of the 
trouble. 

They reel to and fro, and stagger 
like a drunken man, and are at their 
wit’s end. 

So when they cry unto the Lord 




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in their trouble, he delivereth them 
out of their distress. 

For he maketh the storm to cease, 
so that the waves thereof are still. 

Then are they glad, because they 
are at rest; and so he bringeth 
them unto the haven where they 
would be. 

O that men would therefore praise 
the Lord for his goodness; and de¬ 
clare the wonders that he doeth for 
the children of men! 

That they would exalt him also in 
the congregation of the people, and 
praise him in the seat of the elders! 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

Collects of Thanksgiving. 

O MOST blessed and glorious 
Lord God, who art of infinite 
goodness and mercy; We, thy poor 
creatures, whom thou hast made and 
preserved, holding our souls in life, 
and now rescuing us out of the jaws 
of death, humbly present ourselves 
again before thy Divine Majesty, to 
offer a sacrifice of praise and thanks- 
gi ving,for that thou heardest us when 
we called in our trouble, and didst 
not cast out our prayer, which we 
made before thee in our great dis¬ 
tress : Even when we gave all for lost, 
our ship, our goods, our lives, then 
didst thou mercifully look upon us, 
and wonderfully command a deliver¬ 
ance; for which we, now being in 
safety, do give all praise and glory to 
thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

T Or this. 

O MOST mighty and gracious 
good God, thy mercy is over 
all thy works, but in special manner 
hath been extended towards us, 
whom thou hast so powerfully and 
wonderfully defended. Thou hast 
showed us terrible things, and won¬ 


ders in the deep, that we might see 
how powerful and gracious a God 
thou art; how able and ready to 
help those who trust in thee. Thou 
hast showed us how both winds and 
seas obey thy command; that we 
may learn, even from them, hereafter 
to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. 
We therefore bless and glorify thy 
Name, for this thy mercy in saving 
us, when we were ready to perish. 
And, we beseech thee, make us as 
truly sensible now of thy mercy, as 
we were then of the danger; And 
give us hearts always ready to ex¬ 
press our thankfulness, not only by 
words, but also by our lives, in be¬ 
ing more obedient to thy holy com¬ 
mandments. Continue, we beseech 
thee, this thy goodness to us; that 
we, whom thou hast saved, may 
serve thee in holiness and righteous¬ 
ness all the days of our life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour* 
Amen. 

A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a 
dangerous Tempest. 

O COME, let us give thanks unto 
the Lord, for he is gracious; 
and his mercy endureth for ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be praised; let the redeemed of the 
Lord say so, whom he hath delivered 
from the merciless rage of the sea. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of 
compassion; slow to anger, and of 
great mercy. 

He hath not dealt with us accord¬ 
ing to our sins; neither rewarded us 
according to our iniquities. 

But as the heaven is high above 
the earth; so great hath been his 
mercy towards us. 

We found trouble and heaviness; 
we were even at death’s door. 

The waters of the sea had well- 
nigh covered us; the proud waters 
had well-nigh gone over our soul. 

The sea roared; and the stormy 
wind lifted up the waves thereof. 



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We were carried up as it were to 
heaven, and then down again into 
the deep; our soul melted within us, 
because of trouble. 

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord; 
and thou didst deliver us out of our 
distress. 

Blessed be thy Name, who didst 
not despise the prayer of thy ser¬ 
vants ; but didst hear our cry, and 
hast saved us. 

Thou didst send forth thy com¬ 
mandments; and the windy storm 
ceased, and was turned into a calm. 

O let us therefore praise the Lord 
for his goodness; and declare the 
wonders that he hath done, and still 
doeth for the children of men! 

Praised be the Lord daily; even 
the Lord that helpeth us, and pour- 
eth his benefits upon us. 

He is our God, even the God of 
whom cometh salvation: God is the 
Lord, by whom we have escaped 
death. 

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad 
through the operation of thy hands; 
and we will triumph in thy praise. 

Blessed be the Lord God; even 
the Lord God, who only doeth won¬ 
drous things; 

And blessed be the Name of his 
Majesty for ever; and let every one 
of us say, Amen, Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiv¬ 
ing after Victory. 

F the Lord had not been on our 
side, now may we say; if the 
Lord himself had not been on our 
side, when men rose up against us; 

They had swallowed us up quick, 
when they were so wrathfully dis¬ 
pleased at us. 

Yea, the waters had drowned us, 
and the stream had gone over our 


soul; the deep waters of the proud 
had gone over our soul. 

But praised be the Lord, who hath 
not given us over as a prey unto 
them. 

The Lord hath wrought a mighty 
salvation for us. 

We got not this by our own sword, 
neither was it our own arm that 
saved us; but thy right hand, and 
thine arm, and the light of thy coun¬ 
tenance, because thou hadst a favour 
unto us. 

The Lord hath appeared for us; 
the Lord hath covered our heads, and 
made us to stand in the day of battle. 

The Lord hath appeared for us; 
the Lord hath overthrown our ene¬ 
mies, and dashedhjjieces those that 
rose up againsrts; 

Therefore not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us; but unto thy Name be 
given the glory. 

The Lord hath done great things 
for us; the Lord hath done great 
things for us, for which we rejoice. 

Our help standeth in the Name of 
the Lord, who hath made heaven 
and earth. 

Blessed be the Name of the Lord, 
from this time forth for evermore. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning,is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

IT After this Hymn may be said the 
Te Deum. 

IT Then this Collect. 

O ALMIGHTY God; the Sove¬ 
reign Commander of all the 
world, in whose hand is power and 
might, which none is able to with¬ 
stand; We bless and magnify thy 
great and glorious Name for this hap¬ 
py Victory, the whole glory whereof 
we do ascribe to thee, who art the 
only giver of Victory. And, we be¬ 
seech thee, give us grace to improve 
this great mercy to thy glory, the ad- 



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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


vancement of thy Gospel, the honour 
of our country, and, as much as in 
us lieth, to the good of all mankind. 
And, we beseech thee, give us such 
a sense of this great mercy, as may 
engage us to a true thankfulness, 
such as may appear in our lives, by 
an humble, holy, and obedient walk¬ 
ing before thee all our days; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, 


with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for 
all thy mercies, so in particular for 
this Victory and Deliverance, be all 
glory and honour,world without end. 
Amen. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14. 

HE grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with us all evermore. Amen. 



At the Burial of the Dead at Sea. H The Office in the Common Prayer Book may be used; 
only instead of these words [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, 
&c.] say, We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking 
for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the 
world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile body, 
that it may be like his glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to 
subdue all things unto himself. 


A FORM OF PRAYER FOR 

THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


* When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O 
come, let us sing, &c., shall be read the 130th Psalm: and the Minister shall insert, after 
the Collect for the day, the Collect in the following Service, O God, who sparest, &c., and 
at such times as the Litany is not read, he shall add the prayer, O God, merciful Father, who 
despisestnot, &c. 


* And when notice is given to the Minister, 
that a Prisoner is confined for some great or 
capital crime, he shall visit him ; and when 
he cometh into the place where the Prisoner 
is, he shall say, kneeling down, 

EMEMBER not, Lord, our 
iniquities, nor the iniquities of 
our forefathers; neither take thou 
vengeance of our sins: spare us, good 
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed with thy most pre¬ 
cious blood, and be not angry with 
us for ever. 

Answer. Spare us, good Lord. 

Let us pray. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ , have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

UR Father, who art in heav¬ 
en, fyc. 

Minister. O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us; 


Answer. And grant us thy salva¬ 
tion. 

Minister. Turn thy face from 
our sins; 

Answer. And blot out all our in¬ 
iquities. 

Minister. Send us help from thy 
holy place; 

Answer. For thine indignation, 
lieth hard upon us. 

Minister. O Lord, hear our pray¬ 
er; 

Answer. And let the sighing of 
the prisoners come before thee. 

The Collect. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Al¬ 
mighty God, that we, who for 
our evil deeds do worthily deserve to 
be punished, by the comfort of thy 
grace may mercifully be relieved ; 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 












VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


165 


O GOD, who sparest when we 
deserve punishment, and in thy 
wrath rememberest mercy; We 
humbly beseech thee,of thy goodness 
to comfort and succour all those who 
are under reproach and misery in the 
house of bondage; correct them not 
in thine anger, neither chasten them 
in thy sore displeasure. Give them 
a right understanding of themselves, 
and of thy threats and promises; 
that they may neither cast away their 
confidence in thee, nor place it any 
where but in thee. Relieve the dis¬ 
tressed, protect the innocent, and 
awaken the guilty: and forasmuch 
as thou alone bringest light out of 
darkness, and good out of evil, grant 
that the pains and punishments which 
these thy servants endure, through 
their bodily confinement, may tend 
to setting free their souls from the 
chains of sin; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

IT Here the Minister, as he shall see con¬ 
venient, may read the Prayer for All Con¬ 
ditions of Men, the Collect for Ash- Wednes¬ 
day , and the Collect beginning Almighty 
God, the fountain of all wisdom, &c., or 
any other prayer of the Litui’gy, which he 
shall judge proper. 

T Then shall the Minister exhort the Prisoner 
or Prisoners after this form, or other like. 

D EARLY beloved, know this, 
that Almighty God, whose 
never-failing providence governeth 
all things both in heaven and earth, 
hath so wisely and mercifully order¬ 
ed the course of this world, that his 
judgments are often sent as fatherly 
corrections to us; and if with due 
submission and resignation to his 
holy will we receive the same, they 
will work together for our good. 

It is your part and duty, therefore, 
to humble yourself under the mighty 
hand of God, to* acknowledge the 
righteousness of his judgments, and 
to endeavour that, by his grace, this 
present visitation may lead you to a 
sincere and hearty repentance. 


The way and means thereto is, 
to examine your life and conversa¬ 
tion by the rule of God’s command¬ 
ments ; and whereinsoever you shall 
perceive yourself to have offended 
either by will, word, or deed, there to 
bewail your own sinfulness, and to 
confess yourself to Almighty God, 
with full purpose of amendment of 
life. And if you shall perceive your 
offences to be such as are not only 
against God, but also against your 
neighbours; then to reconcile your¬ 
self to them, being ready to make 
restitution and satisfaction, accord¬ 
ing to the uttermost of your power, 
for all injuries and wrongs done by 
you to any other; and being likewise 
ready to forgive others who have 
offended you, as you would have for¬ 
giveness of your offences at God’s 
hand. And to this true repentance 
and change of mind you must add 
a lively and steadfast faith, and de¬ 
pendence upon the merits of the 
death of Christ, with an entire resig¬ 
nation of yourself to the will of God. 
Except you repent, and believe, we 
can give you no hope of salvation. 
But if you do sincerely repent and 
believe, God hath declared, though 
your sins be as red as scarlet, they 
shall be made white as snow; though 
your wickednesses have gone over 
your head, yet shall they not be your 
destruction. 

We exhort you therefore in the 
Name of God, and of his dear Son 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as 
you tender your own salvation, to 
take good heed of these things in 
time, while the day of salvation last- 
eth; for the night cometh, when no 
man can work. While you have 
the light, believe in the light, and 
walk as children of the light, that 
you be not cast into outer darkness 
that you may not knock, when the 
door shall be shut; and cry for 
mercy, when it is the time of justice*. 



VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


Now, you are the object of God’s 
mercy, if by repentance and true 
faith you turn unto him ; but if you 
neglect these things, you will be the 
object of his justice and vengeance. 
Now, you may claim the merits of 
Christ; but if you die in your sins, 
his sufferings will tend to your great¬ 
er condemnation. O beloved, con¬ 
sider in this your day, how fearful a 
thing it will be to fall into the hands 
of the living God, when you can nei¬ 
ther fly to his mercy to protect you, 
nor to the merits of Christ to cover 
you in that terrible day. 

Here the Minister shall examine him 
concerning his faith, and rehearse the 
Articles of the Creed, Dost thou believe 
in God, &c., and the prisoner shall an¬ 
swer, 

All this I steadfastly believe. 

H Then shall the Minister examine whether 
he repent him truly of his sins, and be in 
charity with all the world, and further 
admonish him particularly concerning 
the crimes wherewith he is charged ; 
and exhort him, if he have any scruples, 
that he would declare the same, and pre¬ 
pare himself for the Holy Communion, 
against the time, that it may be proper to 
administer it to him. 

? Then, all kneeling, the Minister shall say as 
follows, from the 51st Psalm. 

H AVE mercy upon me, O God, 
after thy great goodness ; ac¬ 
cording to the multitude of thy mer¬ 
cies do away mine offences. 

Wash me thoroughly from my 
wickedness, and cleanse me from my 
sin. 

For I acknowledge my faults, and 
my sin is ever before me. 

Against thee only have I sinned, 
and done this evil in thy sight; that 
thoumightestbe justified in thy say¬ 
ing, and clear when thou art judged. 

Behold, I was shapen in wicked¬ 
ness, and in sin hath my mother con¬ 
ceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the 
inward parts, and shalt make me to 
understand wisdom secretly. 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, 


and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash 
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy 
and gladness, that the bones which 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Turn thy face from my sins, and 
put out all my misdeeds. 

Make me a clean heart, O God. 
and renew a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy pres¬ 
ence, and take not thy Holy Spirit 
from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help 
again, and stablish me with thy free 
Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto 
the wicked, and sinners shall be con¬ 
verted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, 
O God, thou that art the God of my 
health ; and my tongue shall sing of 
thy righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, 
and my mouth shall show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else 
would I give it thee; but thou de- 
lightest not in burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled 
spirit: a broken and contrite heart, 
O God, shalt thou not despise. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

Let us pray. 

O LORD, we beseech thee, mer¬ 
cifully hear our prayers, and 
spare all those who confess their sins 
unto thee ; that they, whose con¬ 
sciences by sin are accused, by thy 
merciful pardon may be absolved; 
through Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O GOD, whose mercy is everlast¬ 
ing, and power infinite ; Look 
down with pity and compassion upon 
the sufferings of this thy servant; 
and whether thou visitest for trial 
of his patience, or punishment of 
his offences, enable him by thy 
grace cheerfully to submit himself 
to thy holy will and pleasure. Go 
not far from those, O Lord, whom 




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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


thou hast laid in a place of darkness, 
and in the deep; and forasmuch as 
thou hast not cut him off suddenly, 
but chastened him as a father, 
grant that he , duly considering thy 
great mercies, may be unfeignedly 
thankful, and turn unto thee with 
true repentance and sincerity of 
heart; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Prayers for Persons under Sentence of Death. 

T When a Criminal is under Sentence of 
Death, the Minister shall proceed, imme¬ 
diately after the Collect, O God, who sparest, 
&c., to exhort him after this form, or other 
like. 

EARLY beloved, it hath pleas¬ 
ed Almighty God, in his jus¬ 
tice, to bring you under the sentence 
and condemnation of the law. You 
are shortly to suffer death in such a 
manner, that others, warned by your 
example, may be the more afraid to 
offend; and we pray God, that you 
may make such use of your punish¬ 
ments in this world, that your soul 
may be saved in the world to come. 

Wherefore we come to you in the 
bowels of compassion; and, being 
desirous that you should avoid pre¬ 
sumption on the one hand, and de¬ 
spair on the other, shall plainly lay 
before you the wretchedness of your 
condition, and declare how far you 
ought to depend on the mercies of 
God, and the merits of our Saviour. 
Consider then seriously with your¬ 
self, in all appearance the time of 
your dissolution draweth near; your 
sins have laid fast hold upon you; 
you are soon to be removed from 
among men by a violent death; and 
you shall fade away suddenly like 
the grass, which in the morning is 
green and groweth up, but in the 
evening is cut down, dried up, and 
withered. After you have thus fin¬ 
ished the course of a sinful and mis¬ 
erable life, you shall appear before 


the Judge of all flesh; who, as he 
pronounces blessings on the right¬ 
eous, shall likewise say, with a ter¬ 
rible voice of most just judgment, to 
the wicked, Go, ye accursed, into the 
fire everlasting, prepared for the 
devil and his angels. 

Your sins have brought you too 
near this dreadful sentence: it is 
therefore your part and duty, my 
brother, humbly to confess and be¬ 
wail your great and manifold offen¬ 
ces, and to repent you truly of your 
sins, as you tender the eternal sal¬ 
vation of your soul. 

Be not deceived with a vain and 
presumptuous expectation of God’s 
favour, nor say within yourself, 
Peace, peace, where there is no 
peace; for there is no peace, saith 
my God, to the wicked. God is not 
mocked; he is of purer eyes than to 
behold iniquity; and without holi¬ 
ness no man shall see the Lord. 
On the other hand, despair not of 
God’s mercy, though trouble is on 
every side; for God shutteth not up 
his mercies for ever in displeasure: 
but if we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un¬ 
righteousness. Do not either way 
abuse the goodness of God, who 
calleth us mercifully to amendment, 
and of his endless pity promiseth us 
forgiveness of that which is past, if 
with a perfect and a true heart we 
return unto him. 

Since therefore you are soon to 
pass into an endless and unchange¬ 
able state, and your future happiness 
or misery depends upon the few 
moments which are left you, I re¬ 
quire you strictly to examine your¬ 
self, and your estate both towards 
God and towards man; and let no 
worldly consideration hinder you 
from making a true and full confes¬ 
sion of your sins, and giving all the 
satisfaction which is in your power 





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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


to every one whom you have 
wronged or injured ; that you may 
find mercy at your heavenly Fa¬ 
ther’s hand, for Christ’s sake, and 
not be condemned in the dreadful 
day of judgment. 

Lastly, beloved, submit yourself 
with Christian resignation to the 
just judgment of God, which your 
own crimes have brought upon you, 
and be in charity with all men ; be¬ 
ing ready sincerely to forgive all 
such as have offended you, not ex¬ 
cepting those who have prosecuted 
you even unto death: and, though 
this may seem a hard saying, yet 
know assuredly, that without it your 
charity is not yet perfect. And fail 
not earnestly to endeavour and pray 
for this blessed temper and compo¬ 
sure of mind. So may you cast 
yourself with an entire dependence 
upon the mercies of God, through 
the merits of our Saviour and Re¬ 
deemer Jesus Christ. 

V Here the Minister shall examine him con¬ 
cerning his faith, and rehearse the Articles 
of the Creed, Dost thou believe in God, &c., 
and the Criminal shall answer, 

All this I steadfastly believe. 

T Then shall the Minister examine whether 
he repent him truly of his sins, exhorting 
him to a particular confession of the sin 
for which he is condemned; and upon 
confession, he shall instruct him what sat¬ 
isfaction ought to be made to those whom 
he has offended thereby ; and if he know- 
eth any combinations in wickedness, or 
any evil practices designed against oth¬ 
ers, let him be admonished to the ut¬ 
most of his power to discover and prevent 
them. 

H After his confession, the Priest shall de¬ 
clare to him the pardoning mercy of God, 
in the form which is used in the Communion 
Service. 

IF After which shall be said the Collect follow¬ 
ing. 

O HOLY Jesus, who, of thine 
infinite goodness, didst accept 
the conversion of a sinner on the 
cross; Open thine eye of mercy upon 
this thy servant, who desireth par¬ 
don and forgiveness, though in his 


latest hour he turneth unto thee. 
Renew in Am whatsoever hath been 
decayed by the fraud and malice ot 
the devil, or by his own carnal will 
and frailness. Consider his contri¬ 
tion ; accept his repentance ; and 
forasmuch as he putteth his full trust 
only in thy mercy, impute not unto 
him his former sins, but strengthen 
him with thy blessed Spirit: and 
when thou art pleased to take him 
hence, take him unto thy favour. 
This we beg through thy merits, 
O Lord, our Saviour and our Re¬ 
deemer. Amen. 

T Then shall the Minister say, 

FATHER of mercies, and God 
of all comfort; We fly unto 
thee for succour in behalfofthis thy 
servant, who is now under the sen¬ 
tence of condemnation. The day 
of his calamity is at hand, and he is 
accounted as one of those who go 
down into the pit. Blessed Lord, re¬ 
member thy mercies ; look upon his 
infirmities; hear the voice of his 
complaint; give him , we beseech 
thee, patience in this his time of ad¬ 
versity, and support under the ter¬ 
rors which encompass him ; set be¬ 
fore his eyes the things he hath done 
in the body, which have justly pro¬ 
voked thee to anger; and forasmuch 
as his continuance appeareth to be 
short amongst us, quicken him so 
much the more by thy grace and 
Holy Spirit; that he, being convert¬ 
ed and reconciled unto thee, before 
thy judgments have cut him off from 
the earth, may at the hour of his 
death depart in peace, and be re¬ 
ceived into thine everlasting king¬ 
dom ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

11 Adding this. 

O S AYIOUR of the world,who by 
thy Cross and precious Blood 
hast redeemed us; Save us, and help 
us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord 






169 


VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


* Then the Minister, standing, shall say, 

N the midst of life we are in 
death: of whom may we seek 
for succour, but of thee, O Lord, 
who for our sins art justly displeased ? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O 
Lord most mighty, O holy and most 
merciful Saviour, deliver us not into 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
of our hearts; shut not thy merciful 
ears to our prayers; but spare us, 
Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
O holy and merciful Saviour, thou 
most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us 
not, at our last hour, for any pains 
of death, to fall from thee. 

IT Then the Minister shall say, 

T HE Almighty God, who is a 
most strong tower to all those 
who put their trust in him, to whom 
all things in heaven, in earth, and 
under the earth, do bow and obey, 
Be now and evermore thy defence ; 
and make thee know and feel, that 
there is none other Name under hea¬ 
ven given to man, in whom, and 
through whom thou mayest receive 
salvation, but only the Name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

11 And after that shall say, 

NTO God’s gracious mercy and 
protection we commit thee. The 
Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The 
Lord make his face to shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee. The 
Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace, both now 
and evermore. Amen. 

At the time of Execution, besides all, or 
such parts of the foregoing Office as the 
Minister shall judge proper, shall be said the 
Commendatory Prayer for a person at the 
point of departure , as it is in the Visitation 
of the Sick. 

H The Collect for the Communion Service. 

O GOD, who declarest thy al¬ 
mighty power chiefly in show¬ 
ing mercy and pity; We beseech 
thee to have mercy upon this thy 
servant, who for his transgressions is 
X 


appointed to die. Grant that he may 
take thy judgments patiently, and 
repent him truly of his sins ; that he, 
recovering thy favour, the fearful re¬ 
ward of his actions may end with this 
life ; and whensoever his soul shall 
depart from the body it may be with¬ 
out spot presented unto thee; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. Heb. xii. 11. 

O chastening for the present 
seemeth to be joyous, but griev¬ 
ous ; nevertheless, afterward ityield- 
eth the peaceable fruit of righteous¬ 
ness, unto them which are exercised 
thereby. 

The Gospel. St. John v. 24. 
ERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on Him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation; but is passed 
from death unto life. 

A Prayer for imprisoned Debtors. 

M OST gracious God, look down 
in pity and compassion upon 
these thine afflicted servants, who 
are fallen under the misery of a close 
restraint. Give them always a deep 
sense of their sins, and of thy fatherly 
love and correction; and the more 
their confinement presseth hard upon 
them, the more let the comforts of 
thy grace and mercy abound towards 
them. Give to their creditors tender¬ 
ness and compassion, and to them a 
meek and forgiving spirit towards 
all those who have confined them, 
and a full purpose to repair all the 
injuries and losses which others have 
sustained by them. Raise them up 
friends to pity and relieve them; give 
them the continued comfort of thy 
countenance here; and so sanctify 
their afflictions, that they may work 
for them an eternal weight of glory ; 
through the merits and mediation 
of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. 
Amen. 







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A FORM OF 

PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING 

TO ALMIGHTY GOD, 

For the fruits of the earth, and all the other blessings of his merciful Providence ; to be used 
yearly on the first Thursday in November, or on such other day as shall 
be appointed by the Civil Authority. 


S The service shall be as usual, except 
H Among the Sentences at the beginning of 
Morning Prayer shall be the following. 

H ONOUR the Lord with thy 
substance, and with the first- 
fruits of all thine increase ; so shall 
thy barns be filled with plenty, and 
thy presses shall burst out with new 
wine. Prov. iii. 9, 10. 

The Lord by wisdom hath found¬ 
ed the earth; by understanding hath 
he established the heavens: by his 
knowledge the depths are broken up, 
and the clouds drop down the dew. 
Prov. iii. 19,20. 

The eterna 1 God is thy refuge, 
and underneath are the everlasting 
arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27. 

Israel then shall dwell in safety 
alone; the fountain of Jacob shall 
be upon the land of corn and of wine, 
also his heaven shall drop down dew. 
Deut. xxxiii. 28. 

Happy art thou, O Israel; who is 
like unto thee, O people saved by the 
Lord, the shield of thy help, and who 
is the sword of thy excellency! Deut. 
xxxiii. 29. 

H Instead of, O come, let us sing, &c., the 
following shall be said or sung. 

P RAISE ye the Lord: for it is 
good to sing praises unto our 
God; for it is pleasant, and praise is 
comely. 

The Lord doth build up Jerusa¬ 
lem : he gathereth together the out¬ 
casts of Israel. 

He healeth those that are broken 


where it is hereby otherwise appointed. 

in heart, and bindeth up their 
wounds. 

He covereth the heaven with 
clouds, and prepareth rain for the 
earth; he maketh the grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 

He giveth to the beast his food, 
and to the young ravens which cry. 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; 
praise thy God, O Sion. 

For he hath strengthened the bars 
of thy gates; he hath blessed thy 
children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders, 
and filleth thee with the finest of the 
wheat. 

IT Then shall be said or sung one of the Se¬ 
lections, or some other portion of the Psalms, 
at the discretion of the Minister. 

11 The First Lesson shall be Deut. viii., and 
the Second Lesson shall be 1 Thess. v. 12 to 
24. 

H After the General Thanksgiving, shall be 
said this which followeth. 

M OST gracious God, by whose 
knowledge the depths are bro¬ 
ken up, and the clouds drop down 
the dew; We yield thee unfeigned 
thanks and praise, as for all thy 
mercies, so especially for the returns 
of seed-time and harvest, and for 
crowning the yearwith thy goodness, 
in the increase of the ground, and 
the gathering in of the fruits thereof. 
And, we beseech thee, give us a just 
sense of this great mercy ; such as 
may appear in our lives, by an hum¬ 
ble, holy, and obedient walking be- 






PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING. 


171 


fore thee all our days; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, be all glory and 
honour, world without end. Amen. 

If The Collect to be used instead of that for 
the day. 

O MOST merciful Father, who 
hast blessed the labours of the 
husbandman in the returns of the 
fruits of the earth; We give thee 
humble and hearty thanks for this thy 
bounty; beseeching thee to continue 
thy loving-kindness to us; that our 
land may still yield her increase, to 
thy glory and our comfort; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. St. James i. 16. 

O not err, my beloved brethren. 
Every good gift and every per¬ 
fect gift is from above ; and cometh 
down from the Father of Lights, 
with whom is no variableness, nei¬ 
ther shadow of turning. Of his own 
will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should be a kind of first- 
fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, 
my beloved brethren, let every man 
be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow 
to wrath: for the wrath of man work- 
eth not the righteousness of God. 
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness 
and superfluity of naughtiness, and 
receive with meekness the ingrafted 
word, which is able to save your 
souls. Be ye doers of the word, and 
not hearers only, deceiving your own 
selves. For if any be a hearer of 
the word and not a doer, he is like 


unto a man beholding his natural 
face in a glass; for he beholdeth 
himself, and goeth his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner 
of man he was. But whoso looketh 
into the perfect law of liberty, and 
continueth therein, he being not a 
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 
work, this man shall be blessed in 
his deed. If any man among you 
seem to be religious, and bridleth not 
his tongue, but deceiveth his own 
heart, this man’s religion is vain. 
Pure religion and undefiled before 
God and the Father is this, To visit 
the fatherless and widows in their 
affliction, and to keep himself un¬ 
spotted from the world. 

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43. 

Y E have heard that it bath been 
said, Thou shalt love thy neigh¬ 
bour, and hate thine enemy. But I 
say unto you, Love your enemies, 
bless them that curse you, do good 
to them that hate you, and pray for 
them which despitefully use you and 
persecute you; that ye may be the 
children of your Father which is in 
heaven: for he maketh his sun to 
rise on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain on the just and on the 
unjust. For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have ye ? do 
not even the publicans the same? 
Or if ye salute your brethren only, 
what do ye more than others? do 
not even the publicans so? Be ye 
therefore perfect, even as your Fa¬ 
ther which is in heaven is perfect. 




[172] 

FORMS OF 

PRAYER TO BE USED IN FAMILIES. 


MORNING PRAYER. 

f The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently 
be present, let one of them, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all 
kneeling. 

k UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy king¬ 
dom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But 
deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Acknowledge- a LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we live 
mere ^nd^re* an d move an d have our being; We, thy needy crea¬ 

se rvation, n espe- tures, render thee our humble praises, for thy preservation 
ciaiiy through the of us from the beginning of our lives to this day, and espe- 
night past. cially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past 
night. To thy watchful providence we owe it, *(that no 
bance S hen of dlSt any disturbance hath come nigh us or our dwelling; but that 
kind befall a fam- we are brought in safety to the beginning of this day.) For 
ily, instead of this, these thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious Name; 
stoniin * ourdan - humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice 
ge?s, lUg wY ar~e of praise and thanksgiving ; for his sake who lay down in 
brought in safety the grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 

to the beginning Christ. Amen, 
oj this day. 

A ND, since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father, that 
indication ot another day is added to our lives ; We here dedicate 

sou^and*body to both our souls and our bodies to thee and thy service, in a 
God’s service, sober, righteous, and godly life: in which resolution, do 
with a resolution thou, O merciful God, confirm and strengthen us; that, as 
dailyingoodness.^ we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the know¬ 
ledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Prayer for grace T3 UT, O God, who knowest the weakness and corruption 
to enable us to J3 of our nature, and the manifold temptations which we 
perform that reso- daily meet with ; We humbly beseech thee to have com¬ 
passion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assist¬ 
ance of thy Holy Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained from sin. 
and excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy 
judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make 
us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our 
minds a lively remembrance of that great day, in which we must give a 
strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions ; and according to the 
works done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom 
thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 




FAMILY PRAYERS. 

N particular, we implore thy grace and protection for 
the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in our meats and 
drinks, and diligent in our several callings. Grant us 
patience under any afflictions thou shalt see fit to lay on 
us, and minds always contented with our present condi¬ 
tion. Give us grace to be just and upright in all our deal¬ 
ings ; quiet and peaceable ; full of compassion ; and ready 
to do good to all men, according to our abilities and op¬ 
portunities. Direct us in all our ways, *[and prosper the 
works of our hands in the business of our several sta¬ 
tions.] Defend us from all dangers and adversities; and 
be graciously pleased to take us, and all things belonging to 
us, under thy fatherly care and protection. These things, 
and whatever else thou shalt see necessary and conve¬ 
nient to us, we humbly beg, through the merits and me¬ 
diation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. 
Amen. 

FllHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
JL God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with 
us all evermore. Amen. 


173 

For grace to 
guide and keep us 
the following day, 
and for God’s bles¬ 
sing on the busi¬ 
ness of the same. 

* On Sunday 
morning, instead 
of this, say, and 
let thyHoly Spirit 
accompany us to 
the place of thy 
public worship, 
making us serious 
and attentive, and 
raising our minds 
from the thoughts 
of this world to the 
consideration of 
the next, that we 
may fervently join 
in the prayers and 
praises of thy 
Church,and listen 
to our duty with 
honest hearts, in 
orderto practice it. 


EVENING PRAYER. 


V The Family being together, a little before bed-time, let the Master or Mistress, or any other 
whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling. 

O UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy king¬ 
dom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

OST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to be- . Confession of 
hold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all 
those who confess and forsake their sins ; We come before pardon, 
thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknow¬ 
ledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws.* 

But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sin- *Here, let him 
ner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive who * eads maka 
us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible ot the every one may se- 
great evil of them ; and work in us an hearty contrition ; cretiy confess the 
that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever failin g® 

ready to receive humble and penitent sinners ; for the sake 0 a ay ’ 
of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. 

Amen. 

A ND lest, through our own frailty, or the temptations Prayerforgrace 
which encompass us, we be drawn again into sin, to reform b and 
vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direction and assistance grow better 
of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the 
temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful 




174 


FAMILY PRAYERS. 


designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, 
hatred, and malice: that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon 
our wrath; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, 
with a conscience void of offence towards thee, and towards men: T hat so 
we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

A ND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all mankind. 
The intercession. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations; 

and may as many as have received it, live as becomes it. Be gracious 
unto thy Church; and grant that every member of the same, in his vo¬ 
cation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority 
over us ; and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they 
may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true religion and 
virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon all our 
relations, friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, 
and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them re¬ 
pentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble; 
and do thou, the God of pity, administer to them according to their sev¬ 
eral necessities; for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

. mO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks 
ie an sgivmg. f or a ll thy mercies ; for our being, our reason, and all 
other endowments and faculties of soul and body ; for our health, friends, 
food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. 
Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world, to 
redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and 
sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, 
notwithstanding our many and great provocations ; for all the directions, 
assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and 
watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives ; and 
particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day: beseeching thee 
to continue these thy blessings to us; and to give us grace to show our 
thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and 
intercession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Prayer for God’s TN particular, we beseech thee to continue thy gracious 
protection through protection to us this night. Defend us from all dangers 
t^e nig t o ow - an( j m i sc hiefs, and from the fear of them; that we may 
enjoy such refreshing sleep as may fit us for the duties of 
the following day. Make us ever mindful of the time when we shall lie 
down in the dust; and grant us grace always to live in such a state, that 
we may never be afraid to die : so that, living and dying, we may be thine, 
through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose 
Name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. 

T HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 
fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

^ On Sundays and on other days, when it may be convenient, it will be proper to begin 
with a Chapter, or part of a Chapter from the New Testament. 


[175] 

SELECTIONS OF PSALMS, 

TO BE USED INSTEAD OF THE PSALMS FOR THE DAY, AT THE 
DISCRETION OF THE MINISTER. 


SELECTION FIRST. 
Psalm 19. Coeli enarrant. 

HE heavens declare the glory 
of God ; and the firmament 
showeth his handy-work. 

One day telleth another; and one 
night certifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor lan¬ 
guage ; but their voices are heard 
among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all 
lands; and their words into the ends 
of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle 
for the sun ; which cometh forth as 
a bridegroom out of his chamber, and 
rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost 
part of the heaven, and runneth 
about unto the end of it again; and 
there is nothing hid from the heat 
thereof. 

The law of the Lord is an unde- | 
filed law, converting the soul; the 
testimony of the Lord is sure, and 
giveth wisdom unto the simple. 

The statutes of the Lord are right, 
and rejoice the heart; the command¬ 
ment of the Lord is pure, and giveth 
light unto the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, and 
endureth for ever; the judgments 
of the Lord are true, and righteous 
altogether. 

More to be desired are they than 
gold, yea, than much fine gold; 
sweeter also than honey, and the 
honey-comb. 

Moreover, by them is thy ser¬ 
vant taught; and in keeping of 
them there is great reward. 


Who can tell how oft he offendeth 1 
O cleanse thou me from my secret 
faults. 

Keep thy servant also from pre¬ 
sumptuous sins, lest they get the do¬ 
minion over me. 

Let the words of my mouth, and 
the meditation of my heart, be alway 
acceptable in thy sight, 

O Lord, my strength and my 
Redeemer. 

Psalm 24. Domini est terra. 
HE earth is the Lord’s and all 
that therein is; the compass of the 
world, and they that dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the 
seas, and prepared it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of 
the Lord ? or who shall rise up in 
his holy place ? 

Even he that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart; and that hath not 
lift up his mind unto vanity, nor 
sworn to deceive his neighbour. 

He shall receive the blessing from 
the Lord, and righteousness from 
the God of his salvation. 

T his is the generation of them that 
seek him, even of them that seek 
thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads,O ye gates; and 
be yelift up,ye everlasting doors; and 
the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory? it is 
the Lord strong and mighty, even 
the Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads,0 ye gates; and 
be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

WhoistheKingofglory? even the 
Lord of hosts,he is theKing ofglory 








SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


176 

Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea. 
RAISE the Lord, O my soul; 
and all that is within me, praise 
his holy Name. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and 
forget not all his benefits: 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and 
healeth all thine infirmities; 

Who savetli thy life from destruc¬ 
tion, and crowneth thee with mercy 
and loving-kindness; 

Who satisfieth thy mouth with 
good tilings, making thee young and 
lusty as an eagle. 

The Lord executeth righteousness 
and judgment, for all them that are 
oppressed with wrong. 

He showed his ways unto Moses, 
liis works unto the children of Israel. 

The Lord is full of compassion 
and mercy, long suffering, and of 
great goodness. 

He will not alway be chiding; 
neither keepeth he his anger for 
ever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our 
sins; nor rewarded us according to 
our wickednesses. 

For look how high the heaven is 
in comparison of the earth: so great 
is his mercy also toward them that 
fear him! 

Look how wide also the east is 
from the west; so far hath he set our 
sins from us. 

Yea, like as a father pitieth his 
own children; even so is the Lord 
merciful unto them that fear him. 

For he knoweth whereof we are 
made ; he remembereth that we are 
but dust. 

The days of man are but as grass; 
for he flourisheth as a flower of the 
field. 

For as soon as the wind goeth over 
it, it is gone ; and the place thereof 
shall know it no more. 

But the merciful goodness of the 
Lord endureth for ever and ever 
upon them who fear him; and his 


righteousness upon children’s chil¬ 
dren ; 

Even upon such as keep his cove¬ 
nant, and think upon his command¬ 
ments to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared his seat 
in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth 
over all. 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of 
his, ye that excel in strength; ye 
that fulfil his commandment, and 
hearken unto the voice of his word. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his 
hosts; ye servants of his that do his 
pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye 
works of his, in all places of his do¬ 
minion : Praise thou the Lord, O ray 
soul. 


SELECTION SECOND. 
From Psalm 139. Dom ine,probasti. 
LORD, thou hast searched 
me out, and known me. Thou 
knowest my down-sitting, and mine 
up-rising; thou understandest my 
thoughts long before. 

Thou art about my path, and 
about my bed; and spiest out all my 
ways. 

For lo, there is not a word in my 
tongue, but thou, O Lord, knowest 
it altogether. 

Thou hast fashioned me behind 
and before, and laid thine hand upon 
me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful 
and excellent for me; I cannot 
attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go then from thy 
Spirit 7 or whither shall I go then 
from thy presence 7 

If I climb up into heaven, thou art 
there; if I go down to hell, thou art 
there also. 

If I take the wings of the morning:, 
and remain in the uttermost parts 
of the sea ; 

Even there also shall thy hand 







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lead me, and thy right hand shall 
hold me. 

If I say, Peradventure the dark¬ 
ness shall cover me ; then shall my 
night be turned to day. 

Yea, the darkness is no darkness 
with thee, but the night is as clear 
as the day ; the darkness and light 
to thee are both alike. 

For my reins are thine; thou hast 
covered me in my mother’s womb. 

I will give thanks unto thee, for I 
am fearfully and wonderfully made: 
marvellous are thy works, and that 
my soul knoweth right well. 

My bones are not hid from thee, 
though I be made secretly, and 
fashioned beneath in the earth. 

Thine eyes did see my substance, 
yet being imperfect; and in thy 
book were ail my members written; 

Which day by day were fashioned, 
when as yet there was none of 
them. 

How dear are thy counsels unto 
me, O God ; O how great is the sum 
of them! 

If I tell them, they are more in 
number than the sand : when I 
wake up, I am present with thee. 

Try me, O God, and seek the 
ground of my heart; prove me, and 
examine my thoughts. 

Look well if there be any way of 
wickedness in me; and lead me in 
the way everlasting. 

Psalm 145. Exaltabo te , Deus. 

WILL magnify thee, O God, 
my King; and I will praise thy 
Name forever and ever. 

Every day will I give thanks un¬ 
to thee; and praise thy Name for ever 
and ever. 

Great is theLoRD,and marvellous 
worthy to be be praised ; there is no 
end of his greatness. 

One generation shall praise thy 
works unto another, and declare thy 
power. 

Y 


OF PSALMS. 

As for me, I will be talking of thy 
worship, thy glory, thy praise, and 
wondrous works; 

So that men shall speak of the 
might of thy marvellous acts; and I 
will also tell of thy greatness. 

The memorial of thine abundant 
kindness shall be showed, and men 
shall sing of thy righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious and mer¬ 
ciful ; long suffering, and of great 
goodness. 

The Lord is loving unto every 
man; and his mercy is over all his 
works. 

All thy works praise thee, O Lord; 
and thy saints give thanks unto 
thee. 

They show the glory of thy king¬ 
dom, and talk of thy power ; 

That thy power, thy glory, and 
mightiness of thy kingdom, might be 
known unto men. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and thy dominion en- 
dureth throughout all ages. 

The Lord upholdeth all such as 
fall, and lifteth up all those that are 
down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, 
O Lord; and thou givest them their 
meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and 
fillest all things living with plente¬ 
ousness. 

The Lord is righteous in all his 
ways, and holy in ail his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them 
that call upon him; yea,all such as 
call upon him faithfully. 

He will fulfil the desire of those 
who fear him ; he also will hear their 
cry, and will help them. 

The Lord preserveth all them that 
love him; but scattereth abroad all 
the ungodly. 

My mouth shall speak the praise 
of the Lord: and let all flesh give 
thanks unto his holy Name for ever 
and ever. 



178 SELECTIONS 

SELECTION THIRD. 

From Psalm 51. Miserere mei , 
Deus. 

AVE mercy upon me, O God, 
after thy great goodness; ac¬ 
cording to the multitude of thy mer¬ 
cies do away mine offences. 

Wash me thoroughly from my 
wickedness, and cleanse me from 
my sin. 

For I acknowledge my faults, and 
my sin is ever before me. 

Against thee only have I sinned, 
and done this evil in thy sight;that 
thou mightest be justified in thy 
saying, and clear when thou art 
judged. 

Behold, I was shapen in wicked¬ 
ness, and in sin hath my mother 
conceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the 
inward parts, and shalt make me to 
understand wisdom secretly. 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, 
and I shall be clean; thou shalt 
wash me, and I shall be whiter than 
snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy 
and gladness, that the bones which 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Turn thy face from my sins, and 
put out all my misdeeds. 

Make me a clean heart, O God, 
and renew a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy pre¬ 
sence, and take not thy Holy Spirit 
from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help 
again, and stablish me with thy free 
Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto 
the wicked, and sinners shall be 
converted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, 
O God, thou that art the God of my 
health; and my tongue shall sing 
of thy righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, 
and my mouth shall show thy praise. 


OF PSALMS. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else 
would I give it thee; but thou de 
lightest not in burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled 
spirit: a broken and contrite heart, 
O God, shalt thou not despise. 

From Psalm 42. QuemacL- 
modum. 

L IKE as the hart desireth the 
water brooks, so longeth my 
soul after thee, O God. 

My soul is athirst for God, yea, 
even for the living God: when shall 
I come to appear before the presence 
of God ? 

My tears have been my meat day 
and night, while they daily say unto 
me, Where is now thy God ? 

Now when I think thereupon, I 
pour out my heart by myself; for 1 
went with the multitude, and 
brought them forth into the house 
of God; 

In the voice of praise and thanks¬ 
giving, among such as keep holy- 
day. 

Why art thou so full of heaviness, 
O my soul ? and why art thou so 
disquieted within me? 

Put thy trust in God; for I will 
yet give him thanks for the help of 
his countenance. 

The Lord hath granted his loving¬ 
kindness in the day-time; and in 
the night-season did I sing of him, 
and made my prayer unto the God 
of my life. 

I will say unto the God of my 
strength, Why hast thou forgotten 
me ? why go I thus heavily, while 
the enemy oppresseth me ? 

Namely, while they say daily 
unto me, Where is now thy God ? 

Why art thou so vexed, O my 
soul ? and why art thou so disquieted 
within me ? 

O put thy trust in God ; for I will 
yet thank him, which is the help of 
my countenance and my God. 





SELECTIONS 
SELECTION FOURTH. 
Psalm 37. Noli cemalari. 

RET not thyself because of the 
ungodly; neither be thou en¬ 
vious against the evil doers. 

For they shall soon be cut down 
like the grass, and be withered even 
as the green herb. 

Put thou thy trust in the Lord, 
and be doing good; dwell in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Delight thou in the Lord, and he 
shall give thee thy heart’s desire. 

Commit thy way unto the Lord, 
and put thy trust in him, and he 
shall bring it to pass. 

He shall make thy righteousness 
as clear as the light, and thy just 
dealing as the noon-day. 

Hold thee still in the Lord, and 
abide patiently upon him: but grieve 
not thyself at him whose way doth 
prosper, against the man that doeth 
after evil counsels. 

Leave off from wrath, and let go 
displeasure: fret not t hyself, else 
shalt thou be moved to do evil. 

Wicked doers shall be rooted out; 
and they that patiently abide the 
Lord, those shall inherit the land. 

Yet a little while, and the ungodly 
shall be clean gone: thou shalt look 
after his place, and he shall be away. 

But the meek-spirited shall possess 
the earth, and shall be refreshed in 
the multitude of peace. 

The ungodly seeketh counsel 
against the just, and gnasheth upon 
him with his teeth. 

The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; 
for he hath seen that his day is coming. 

The ungodly have drawn out the 
sword, and have bent their bow, to cast 
down the poor and needy, and to slay 
such as are of a right conversation. 

Their sword shall go through 
their own heart, and their bow shall 
be broken. 

A small thing that the righteous 


OF PSALMS. 179 

hath, is better than great riches of 
the ungodly. 

For the arms of the ungodly shall 
be broken, and the Lord upholdeth 
the righteous. 

The Lord knoweth the days of 
the godly; and their inheritance 
shall endure for ever. 

They shall not be confounded in 
the perilous time ; and in the days 
of dearth they shall have enough. 

As for the ungodly, they shall per¬ 
ish, and the enemies of the Lord 
shall consume as the fat of lambs : 
yea, even as the smoke shall they 
consume away. 

The ungodly borroweth, and pay 
eth not again ; but the righteous is 
merciful and liberal. 

Such as are blessed of God, shall 
possess the land ; and they that are 
cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 

The Lord ordereth a good man’s 
going, and maketh his way accept¬ 
able to himself. 

Though he fall, he shall not be 
cast away ; for the Lord upholdeth 
him with his hand. 

I have been young, and now am old: 
and yet saw I never the righteous forsa¬ 
ken, nor his seed begging their bread. 

The righteous is ever merciful, 
and lendeth ; and his seed is blessed. 

Flee from evil, and do the thing 
that is good;and dwell for evermore. 

For the Lord loveth the thing that 
is right; he forsaketh not his that be 
godly, but they are preserved for ever. 

The unrighteous shall be punish¬ 
ed ; as for the seed of the ungodly, 
it shall be rooted out. 

The righteous shall inherit the 
land, and dwell therein for ever. 

The mouth of the righteous is 
exercised in wisdom, and his tongue 
will be talking of judgment. 

The law of his God is in his 
heart, and his goings shall not slide. 

The ungodly seeth the righteous, 
and seeketh occasion to slay him. 




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The Lord will not leave him in 
his hand, nor condemn him when 
he is judged. 

Hope thou in the Lord, and keep 
his way, and he shall promote thee, 
that thou shalt possess the land : 
when the ungodly shall perish, thou 
shalt see it. 

I myself have seen the ungodly 
m great power, and flourishing like 
a green bay-tree. 

I went by, and lo, he was gone : 

I sought him, but his place could no 
where be found. 

Keep innocency, and take heed 
unto the thing that is right; for that 
shall bring a man peace at the last. 

As for the transgressors, they shall 
perish together; and the end of the 
ungodly is, they shall be rooted out 
at the last. 

But the salvation of the righteous 
cometh of the Lord ;who is also their 
strength in the time of trouble. 

And the Lord shall stand by them, 
and save them: he shall deliver 
them from the ungodly, and shall 
save them, because they put their 
trust in him. 

SELECTION FIFTH. 

Psalm 1. Beatus vir , qui non abiit. 
LESSEE is the man that hath 
not walked in the counsel of 
the ungodly, nor stood in the way 
of sinners, and hath not sat in the 
seat of the scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law will he 
exercise himself day and night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted 
by the water-side, that will bring 
forth his fruit in due season. 

His leaf also shall not wither; 
and look, whatsoever he doeth, it 
shall prosper. 

As for the ungodly, it is not so 
with them; but they are like the chaff, 
which the wind scattereth away 
from the face of the earth. 


OF PSALMS. 

Therefore the ungodly shall not 
be able to stand in the judgment, 
neither the sinners in the congrega¬ 
tion of the righteous. 

But the Lord knoweth the way 
of the righteous; and the way ol 
the ungodly shall perish. 

Psalm 15. Domine , quis habitabit ? 
ORD, who shall dwell in thy 
tabernacle ? or who shall rest 
upon thy holy hill ? 

Even he that leadeth an uncor¬ 
rupt life, and doeth the thing which 
is right, and speaketh the truth from 
his heart. 

He that hath used no deceit in 
his tongue, nor done evil to his 
neighbour, and hath not slandered 
his neighbour. 

He that setteth not by himself, but 
is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh 
much of them that fear the Lord. 

He that sweareth unto his neigh¬ 
bour, and disappointeth him not, 
though it were to his own hindrance. 

He that hath not given his money 
upon usury, nor taken reward against 
the innocent. 

Whoso doeth these things shall 
never fall. 

Psalm 91. Qui habitat . 
HOSO dwelleth under the 
defence of the Most High, 
shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 

I will say unto the Lord, Thou 
art my hope, and my strong hold ; 
my God, in him will I trust. 

For he shall deliver thee from the 
snare of the hunter, and from the 
noisome pestilence. 

He shall defend thee under his 
wings, and thou shalt be safe under 
his feathers; his faithfulness and 
truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for any 
terror by night, nor for the arrow 
that flieth by day ; 

For the pestilence that walketh 







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m darkness, nor for the sickness that 
destroyeth in the noon-day. 

A thousand shall fall beside thee, 
and ten thousand at thy right hand; 
but it shall not come nigh thee. 

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou 
behold, and see the reward of the 
ungodly. 

For thou, Lord, art my hope ; 
thou hast set thine house of defence 
very high. 

There shall no evil happen unto 
thee, neither shall any plague come 
nigh thy dwelling. 

For he shall give his angels charge 
over thee,to keep thee in all thy ways. 

They shall bear thee in their 
hands, that thou hurt not thy foot 
against a stone. 

Thou shalt go upon the lion and 
adder : the young lion and the dra¬ 
gon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 

Because he hath set his love upon 
me, therefore will I deliver him ; I 
will set him up, because he hath 
known my Name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will 
hear him; yea, I am with him in 
trouble; I will deliver him, and 
bring him to honour. 

With long life will I satisfy him, 
and show him my salvation. 

SELECTION SIXTH. 

From Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. 
LESSED is he whose unright¬ 
eousness is forgiven, and whose 
sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom 
the Lord imputeth no sin, and in 
whose spirit there is no guile. 

I will acknowledge my sin unto 
thee; and mine unrighteousness 
have I not hid. 

I said, I will confess my sins unto 
the Lord ; and so thou forgavest the 
wickedness of my sin. 

For this shall every one that is 
godly make his prayer unto thee, in 
a time when thou mayest be found ; 


OF PSALMS. 

but in the great water-floods they 
shall not come nigh him. 

Thou art a place to hide me in; 
thou shalt preserve me from trouble; 
thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. 

1 will inform thee, and teach thee 
in the way wherein thou shalt go ; 
and I will guide thee with mine eye. 

Great plagues remain for the un¬ 
godly ; but whoso putteth his trust 
in the Lord, mercy embraceth him 
on every side. 

Be glad, O ye righteous, and re¬ 
joice in the Lord ; and be joyful, all 
ye that are true of heart. 

Psalm 130. De profundis. 

UT of the deep have I called 
unto thee, O Lord ; Lord, hear 
my voice. 

O let thine ears consider well the 
voice of my complaint. 

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to 
mark what is done amiss, O Lord, 
who may abide it ? 

For there is mercy with thee; 
therefore shalt thou be feared. 

I look for the Lord ; my soul doth 
wait for him; in his word is my trust. 

My soul fleeth unto the Lord be¬ 
fore the morning watch ; I say, be¬ 
fore the morning watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lord ; for 
with the Lord there is mercy, and 
with him is plenteous redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from 
all his sins. 

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos. 
WILL lift up mine eyes unto 
the hills, from w T hence cometh. 
my help. 

My help cometh even from the 
Lord, who hath made heaven and. 
earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be 
moved; and he that keepeth thee 
will not sleep. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel 
shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

The Lord himself is thy keeper £ 






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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


the Lord is thy defence upon thy 
right hand ; 

So that the sun shall not burn thee 
by day, neither the moon by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee 
from all evil; yea, it is even he that 
shall keep thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going 
out, and thy coming in, from this 
time forth for evermore. 


SELECTION SEVENTH. 
Psalm 23. Dominus regit me. 

T HE Lord is my shepherd ; 
therefore can I lack nothing. 
He shall feed me in a green pas¬ 
ture, and lead me forth beside the 
waters of comfort. 

He shall convert my soul, and 
bring me forth in the paths of right¬ 
eousness for his Name’s sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will 
fear no evil; for thou art with me; 
thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 

Thou shalt prepare a table before 
me against them that trouble me ; 
thou hast anointed my head with 
oil, and my cup shall be full. 

But thy loving-kindness and mer¬ 
cy shall follow me all the days of 
my life; and I will dwell in the 
house of the Lord for ever. 

Psalm 34. Benedicam Domino. 

1 WILL alway give thanks unto 
the Lord ; his praise shall ever 
be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in 
the Lord; the humble shall hear 
thereof, and be glad. 

O praise the Lord with me ; and 
let us magnify his name together. 

I sought the Lord and he heard me; 
yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 

They had an eye unto him, and 
were lightened ; and their faces 
were not ashamed. 

Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord 
heareth him • yea, and saveth him 
vjut of all his troubles. 


The angel of the Lord tarrieth 
round about them that fear him, 
and delivereth them. 

O taste, and see, how gracious 
the Lord is : blessed is the man that 
trusteth in him. 

O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints, 
for they that fear him lack nothing. 

The lions do lack, and suffer hun¬ 
ger ; but they that seek theLoRDshall 
want no manner of thing that is good. 

Come, ye children, and hearken 
unto me: I will teach you the fear 
of the Lord. 

What man is he that lusteth to 
live, and would fain see good days ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and 
thy lips, that they speak no guile. 

Eschew evil, and do good; seek 
peace, and ensue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are over 
the righteous, and his ears are open 
unto their prayers. 

The countenance of the Lord is 
against them that do evil, to root 
out the remembrance of them from 
the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lord 
heareth them, and delivereth them 
out of all their troubles. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that 
are of a contrite heart, and will save 
such as be of an humble spirit. 

Great are the troubles of the 
righteous ; but the Lord delivereth 
him out of all. 

He keepeth all his bones, so that 
not one of them is broken. 

But misfortune shall slay the un¬ 
godly ; and they that hate the right¬ 
eous shall be desolate. 

The Lord delivereth the souls of 
his servants; and all they that put 
their trust in him shall not be destitute. 

Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus. 
mHOU, O God, art praised in 
Jl Sion ; and unto thee shall the 
vow be performed in Jerusalem. 

Thou that hearest the prayer, 
unto thee shall all flesh come. 




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My misdeeds prevail against me: 
O be thou merciful unto our sins. 

Blessed is the man whom thou 
choosest, and receivest unto thee: 
he shall dwell in thy court, and 
shall be satisfied with the pleasures 
of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

Thou shalt show us wonderful 
things in thy righteousness, O God 
of our salvation ; thou that art the 
hope of all the ends of the earth, and 
of them that remain in the broad sea. 

Who in his strength setteth fast 
the mountains, and is girded about 
with power. 

Who stilleth the raging of the 
sea, and the noise of his waves, and 
the madness of the people. 

They also that dwell in the utter¬ 
most parts of the earth shall be afraid 
at thy tokens, thou that makest the 
outgoings of the morning and eve¬ 
ning to praise thee. 

Thou visitest the earth, and bless- 
est it; thou makest it very plenteous. 

The river of God is full of water: 
thou preparest their corn, for so thou 
providest for the earth. 

Thou waterest her furrows ; thou 
sendest rain into the little valleys 
thereof; thou makest it soft with the 
drops of rain, and blessest the in¬ 
crease of it. 

Thou crownest the year with thy 
goodness: and thy clouds drop fatness. 

They shall drop upon the dwell¬ 
ings of the wilderness; and the little 
hills shall rejoice on every side. 

The folds shall be full of sheep; the 
valleys also shall stand so thick with 
corn, that they shall laugh and sing. 

SELECTION EIGHTH. 
From Psalm 84. Quam dilecta ! 
HOW amiable are thy dwell¬ 
ings, thou Lord of hosts ! 

My soul hath a desire and longing 
to enter into the courts of the Lord ; 
my heart and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 


OF PSALMS. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her 
an house, and the swallow a nest, 
where she may lay her young; even 
thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King 
and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy 
house; they will be alway praising 
thee. 

Bl essed is the man whose strength is 
in thee; in whose heart are thy ways. 

Who going through the vale of 
misery use it for a well; and the 
pools are filled with water. 

They will go from strength to 
strength: and unto the God of gods 
appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

O Lord God of hosts, hear my 
prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob. 

For one day in thy courts is better 
than a thousand. 

I had rather be a door-keeper in 
the house of my God, than to dwell 
in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lord God is a light and 
defence; the Lord will give grace 
and worship; and no good thing 
shall he withhold from them that 
live a godly life. 

O Lord God of hosts, blessed is 
the man that putteth his trust in thee. 

Psalm 85. Benedixisti , Domine. 

L ORD, thou art become gracious 
unto thy land; thou hast turned 
away the captivity of Jacob. 

Thou hast forgiven the offence of 
thy people, and covered all their sins. 

Thou hast taken away all thy dis¬ 
pleasure, and turned thyself from thy 
wrathful indignation. 

Turn us then, O God our Saviour, 
and let thine anger cease from us. 

Wilt thou be displeased at us for 
ever ? and wilt thou stretch out thy 
wrath from one generation to a nother ? 

Wilt thou not turn again, and 
quicken us, that thy people may re¬ 
joice in thee ? 

Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and 
grant us thy salvation. 





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I will hearken what the Lord God 
will say concerning me; for he shall 
speak peace unto his people, and to 
his saints, that they turn not again. 

For his salvation is nigh them 
that fear him; that glory may dwell 
in our land. 

Mercy and truth are met together : 
righteousness and peace have kissed 
each other. 

Truth shall flourish out of the 
earth, and righteousness hath looked 
down from heaven. 

Yea, the Lord shall show loving, 
kindness; and our land shall give 
her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him; 
and he shall direct his going in the 
way. 

Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit. 
PinHE Lord is King, and hath put 
J- on glorious apparel; the Lord 
hath put on his apparel, and girded 
himself with strength. 

He hath made the round world so 
sure, that it cannot be moved. 

Ever since the world began hath 
thy seat been prepared: thou art 
from everlasting. 


The floods are risen, O Lord, the 
floods have lift up their voice; the 
floods lift up their waves. 

The waves of the sea are mighty, 
and rage horribly ; but yet the Lord, 
who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 

Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very 
sure: holiness becometh thine house 
for ever. 


Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit . 

T HE Lord is King, the earth may 
be glad thereof; yea, the multi¬ 
tude of the isles may be glad thereof. 

Clouds and darkness are round 
about him: righteousness and judg¬ 
ment are the habitation of his seat. 

There shall go a fire before him, 
and burn up his enemies on every side. 

His lightnings gave shine unto the 
world: the earth saw it, and was afraid. 


The hills melted like wax at the 
presence of the Lord ; at the presence 
of the Lord of the whole earth. 

The heavens have declared his 
righteousness, and all the people have 
seen his glory. 

Confounded be all they that wor¬ 
ship carved images, and that delight 
in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. 

Sion heard of it, and rejoiced ; and 
the daughters of Juda were glad, 
because of thy judgments, O Lord. 

For thou, Lord, art higher than 
all that are in the earth: thou art 
exalted far above all gods. 

O ye that love the Lord, see that 
ye hate the thing which is evil: the 
Lord preserveth the souls of his 
saints; he shall deliver them from 
the hand of the ungodly. 

There is sprung up a light for the 
righteous, and joyful gladness for 
such as are true-hearted. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; 
and give thanks for a remembrance 
of his holiness. 


SELE CTION NINTH. 
Psalm 8. Domine , Dominus noster. 

O LORD, our Governor, how ex¬ 
cellent is thy Name in all the 
world ; thou that hast set thy glory 
above the heavens! 

Out of the mouth of very babes 
and sucklings hast thou ordained 
strength, because of thine enemies, 
that thou mightest still the enemy 
and the avenger. 

For I will consider thy heavens, 
even the works of thy fingers; the 
moon and the stars which thou hast 
ordained. 

What is man that thou art mind¬ 
ful of him ? and the son of man, that 
thou visitest him ? 

Thou madest him lower than the 
angels, to crown him with glory and 
worship. 

Thou makest him to have do¬ 
minion of the works of thy hands: 






SELECTIONS 

and thou hast put all things in sub¬ 
jection under his feet; 

All sheep and oxen ; yea, and the 
beasts of the field ; 

The fowls of the air, and the fishes 
of the sea; and whatsoever walketh 
through the paths of the seas. 

O Lord, our Governor, how ex¬ 
cellent is thy Name in all the world ! 

From Psalm 33. Exultate , justi. 

EJOICE in the Lord, O ye 
righteous; for it becometh well 
the just to be thankful. 

Praise the Lord with harp ; sing 
praises unto him with the lute, and 
instrument of ten strings. 

Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing 
praises unto him with a good courage. 

For the word of the Lord is true; 
and all his works are faithful. 

He loveth righteousness and judg¬ 
ment ; the earth is full of the good¬ 
ness of the Lord. 

By the word of the Lord, were the 
heavens made; and all the hosts of 
them by the breath of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea 
together, as it were upon an heap; 
and layeth up the deep, as in a trea¬ 
sure-house. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord: 
stand in awe of him, all ye that 
dwell in the world. 

For he spake, and it was done; 
he commanded, and it stood fast. 

From Psalm 147. Laudate 
Dominum. 

PRAISE the Lord, for it is a 
good thing to sing praises unto 
our God ; yea, a joyful and pleasant 
thing it is to be thankful. 

The Lord, doth build up Jerusa¬ 
lem, and gather together the outcasts 
of Israel. 

He healeth those that are broken 
in heart, and giveth medicine to heal 
their sickness. 

He telleth the number of the stars, 
and calleth them all by their names, 
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OF PSALMS. 185 

Great is our Lord, and great is his 
power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 

The Lord setteth up the meek, 
and bringeth the ungodly down to 
the ground. 

O sing unto the Lord with thanks¬ 
giving ; sing praises upon the harp 
unto our God; 

Who covereth the heaven with 
clouds, and prepareth rain for the 
earth; and maketh the grass to grow 
upon the mountains, and herb for 
the use of men ; 

Who giveth fodder unto the cat¬ 
tle, and feedeth the young ravens 
that call upon him. 

The Lord’s delight is in them that 
fear him, and put their trust in his 
mercy. 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; 
praise thy God, O Sion. 

For he hath made fast the bars 
of thy gates, and hath blessed thy 
children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders, and 
filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 

He sendeth forth his command¬ 
ment upon earth, and his word run¬ 
neth very swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool, and 
scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like mor¬ 
sels ; who is able to abide his frost ? 

He sendeth out his word, and 
melteth them : he bloweth with his 
wind, and the waters flow. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his 
statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 

He hath not dealt so with any 
nation ; neither have the heathen 
knowledge of his laws. 

From Psalm 57. Miserere mei , 
Deus. 

S ET up thyself, O God, above 
the heavens; and thy glory 
above all the earth. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart 
is fixed ; I will sing and give praise. 
Awake up, my glory; awake, lute 





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SELECTIONS 

and harp: I myself will awake right 
early. 

I will give thanks unto thee, O 
Lord, among the people; and I will 
sing unto thee among the nations. 

For the greatness of thy mercy 
reacheth unto the heavens, and thy 
truth unto the clouds. 

Set up thyself, O God, above the hea¬ 
vens ; and thy glory above all the earth. 

SELECTION TENTH. 
From Psalm 96. Cantate Domino. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song ; sing unto the Lord, all 
the whole earth. 

Sing unto the Lord, and praise 
his Name; be telling of his salvation 
from day to day. 

Declare his honour unto the hea¬ 
then, and his wonders unto all people. 

For the Lord is great, and cannot 
worthily be praised ; he is more to 
be feared than all gods. 

Psalm 148. Laudate Dominum. 
PR AISE the Lord of heaven : 
praise him in the height. 

Praise him, all ye angels of his: 
praise him, all his hosts. 

Praise him, sun and moon : praise 
him, all ye stars and light. 

Praise him, all-ye heavens, and 
ye waters that are above the heavens. 

Let them praise the Name of the 
Lord: for he spake the word, and 
they were made; he commanded, 
and they were created. 

He hath made them fast for ever 
and ever: he hath given them a law 
which shall not be broken. 

Praise the Lord upon earth, ye 
dragons, and all deeps: 

Fire and hail, snow and vapours, 
wind and storm, fulfilling his word : 

Mountains and all hills ; fruitful 
trees and all cedars: 

Beasts and all cattle ; worms and 
feathered fowls: 

Kings of the earth and all people ; 
princes and all judges of the world: 


OF PSALMS. 

Young men and maidens, old 
men and children, praise the Name 
of the Lord: for his Name only is 
excellent, and his praise above hea¬ 
ven and earth. 

He shall exalt the horn of his 
people: all his saints shall praise 
him; even the children of Israel, 
even the people that serveth him. 
From Psalm 149. Cantate Domino. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song; let the congregation of 
saints praise him. 

Let Israel rejoice in him that made 
him, and let the children of Sion 
be joyful in their King. 

Let them praise his Name in the 
dance : let them sing praises unto 
him with tabret and harp. 

For the Lord hath pleasure in his 
people, and helpeth the meek-hearted. 
Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE God in his holiness : 
praise him in the firmament 
of his power. 

Praise him in his noble acts: 
praise him according to his excellent 
greatness. 

Praise him in the sound of the trum¬ 
pet : praise him upon the lute and harp. 

Praise him in the cymbals and 
dances : praise him upon the strings 
and pipe. 

Praise hiiii upon the well-tuned 
cymbals : praise him upon the loud 
cymbals. 

Let every tiling that hath breath 
praise the Lord. 

IT Portions of Psalms,to be sung- or said, at 
Morning- Prayer, on certain Feasts and 
Fasts, instead of the Venite Exultemus , 
when any of the forcg-oing- Selections 
are to follow instead of the Psalms, as 
in the Table. 

CHRISTMAS-DAY 
From Psalms 45, 89, 110. 
mHY seat, O God, endureth for 
JL ever ; the sceptre of thy king¬ 
dom is a right sceptre. 











SELECTIONS 

Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity ; wherefore God, 
even thy God, hath anointed thee 
with the oil of gladness above thy 
fellows. 

My song shall be alway of the 
loving-kind ness of the Lord; with 
my mouth will I ever be showing 
thy truth from one generation to 
another. 

For I have said, Mercy shall be 
set up for ever ; thy truth shalt thou 
establish in the heavens. 

The Lord is our defence; the 
Holy One of Israel is our King. 

Thou spakest some time in visions 
unto thy saints, and saidst, I have 
laid help upon One that is mighty, I 
have exalted One chosen out of the 
people. 

I will set his dominion in the sea, 
and his right hand in the floods. 

And I will make him my First¬ 
born, higher than the kings of the 
earth. 

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, until I make 
thine enemies thy footstool. 

The Lord shall send the rod of thy 
power out of Sion: be thou ruler, 
even in the midst among thine ene¬ 
mies. 

In the day of thy power shall the 
people offer thee free-will offerings 
with an holy worship: the dew of 
thy birth is of the womb of the 
morning. 

The Lord sware, and will not re¬ 
pent, Thou art aPriestfor ever, after 
the order of Melchizedech. 

ASH-WEDNESDAY. 

From Psalms 32, 38, 130. 
LESSED is he whose unright¬ 
eousness is forgiven, and whose 
sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the 
Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose 
spirit there is no guile. 

Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in 


OF PSALMS. 187 

thine anger ; neither chasten me in 
thy heavy displeasure: 

For thine arrows stick fast in me, 
and thine hand presseth me sore. 

My wickednessess are gone over 
my head, and are like a sore burden, 
too heavy for me to bear. 

I will confess my wickedness, and 
be sorry for my sin. 

Haste thee to help me, O Lord 
God of my salvation. 

Out of the deep have I called unto 
thee, O Lord ; Lord, hear my voice. 

Let thine ears be attentive to the 
voice of my supplications. 

If thou, Lord, shouldest be ex¬ 
treme to mark what is done amiss, 
O Lord, who shall stand ? 

But there is forgiveness with thee, 
that thou mayest be feared. 

GOOD-FRIDAY. 

From Psalms 22, 69, 40. 

Y God! my God ! look upon 
me ; why hast thou forsaken 
me ? and art so far from my health, 
and from the words of my complaint ? 

But thou art holy, O Thou that 
inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

I am a worm, and no man ; a 
reproach of men, and despised of the 
people. 

All they that see me laugh me to 
scorn : they shoot out the lip, they 
shake the head, saying, 

He trusted in God, that he would 
deliver him ; let him deliver him, if 
he will have him. 

The counsel of the wicked layeth 
siege against me ; they pierced my 
hands and my feet. 

They part my garments among 
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

But be not thou far from me, O 
Lord : O my strength, haste thee to 
help me. 

Thy rebuke hath broken my 
heart; I am full of heaviness: I 
looked for some to have pity on me, 







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but there was no man, neither 
found I any to comfort me. 

They gave me gall to eat; and 
when I was thirsty they gave me 
vinegar to drink. 

Sacrifice and meet-offering thou 
wouldest not, but mine ears hast 
thou opened. 

Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for 
sin hast thou not required : then 
said I, Lo, I come ; 

In the volume of the book it is 
written of me, that I should fulfil thy 
will, 0 my God: I am content to do 
it; yea, thy law is within my heart. 

ASCENSION-DAY. 

From Psalms 24, 47. 

IFT up your heads, O ye gates; 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 
doors; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is the King of glory? the 
Lord strong and mighty ; even the 
Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 
doors; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is the King of glory ? Even 
the Lord of hosts, he is the King of 
glory. 

O clap your hands together, all 
ye people ; shout unto God with the 
voice of triumph. 

For the Lord most high is terrible; 
he is a great King over all the earth. 

God is gone up with a shout; the 
Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 

Sing praises to God, sing praises: 
sing praises unto our King, sing 
praises. 

God reigneth over the heathen : 
God sitteth upon the throne of his 
holiness. 

The princes of the people are 
gathered together, even the people 
of the God of Abraham; for the 
shields of the earth belong unto 
God : he is greatly exalted. 


OF PSALMS. 

WHITSUNDAY. 

From Psalms 2, 68. 

WILL declare the decree : the 
Lord hath said unto me, Thou 
art my Son, this day have I begot¬ 
ten thee. 

Desire of me, and I shall give 
thee the heathen for thine inherit¬ 
ance, and the utmost parts of the 
earth for thy possession. 

Be wise now, therefore, O ye 
kings; be instructed, ye judges of 
the earth. 

Serve the Lord with fear, and re¬ 
joice with trembling. 

Sing unto God, sing praises to his 
Name: extol him that rideth upon 
the heavens by his name JAH, and 
rejoice before him. 

Thou, O God, sentest a gracious 
rain upon thine inheritance, and re- 
freshedst it w T hen it was weary. 

The Lord gave the word ; great 
was the company of those that 
published it. 

Though ye have lain among the 
pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of 
a dove covered with silver, and her 
feathers with yellow gold. 

Thou hast ascended on high; 
thou hast led captivity captive; thou 
hast received gifts for men ; yea, for 
the rebellious also, that the Lord 
God might dwell among them. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
loadeth us with benefits; even the 
God of our salvation. 

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 
earth : O sing praises unto the Lord; 

To him that rideth upon the hea¬ 
ven of heavens, which were of old: 
Lo, he doth send out his voice, and 
that a mighty voice. 

Ascribe ye strength unto God: 
his excellency is over Israel, and his 
strength is in the clouds. 

O God, thou art terrible out of thy 
holy places ; the God of Israel is he 
that giveth strength and power unto 
his people. Blessed be God. 





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THE 

PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID. 


THE FIRST DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 1. Beatus vir , qui non abiit. 
LESSED is the man that hath 
not walked in the counsel of 
the ungodly, nor stood in the way 
of sinners, and hath not sat in the 
seat of the scornful. 

2 But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law will he ex¬ 
ercise himself day and night. 

3 And he shall be like a tree 
planted by the water-side, that will 
bring forth his fruit in due season. 

4 His leaf also shall not wither ; 
and look, whatsoever he doeth, it 
shall prosper. 

5 As for the ungodly, it is not so 
with them; but they are like the 
chaff, which the wind scattereth 
away from the face of the earth. 

6 Therefore the ungodly shall not 
be able to stand in the judgment, 
neither the sinners in the congrega¬ 
tion of the righteous. 

7 But the LoRDknoweth the way 
of the righteous ; and the way of 
the ungodly shall perish. 

Psalm 2. Quare fremuerunt 
gentes ? 

HY do the heathen so furi¬ 
ously rage together? and 
why do the people imagine a vain 
thing ? 

2 The kings of the earth stand 
up, and the rulers take counsel to¬ 
gether against the Lord, and against 
his Anointed: 

3 Let us break their bonds asun¬ 
der, and cast away their cords from us. 

4 He that dwelleth in heaven 


shall laugh them to scorn : the Lord 
shall have them in derision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto them 
in his wrath, and vex them in his 
sore displeasure. 

6 Yet have I set my King upon 
my holy hill of Sion. 

7 I will preach the law, whereof 
the Lord hath said unto me, Thou 
art my Son, this day have I begot¬ 
ten thee. 

8 Desire of me, and I shall give 
thee the heathen for thine inherit¬ 
ance, and the utmost parts of the 
earth for thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a 
rod of iron, and break them in pieces 
like a potter’s vessel. 

I ) Be wise now therefore, O ye 
kings ; be learned, ye that are 
judges of the earth. 

II Serve the Lord in fear, and 
rejoice unto him with reverence. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, 
and so ye perish from the right way, 
if his wrath be kindled, yea but a 
little. Blessed are all they that put 
their trust in him. 

Psalm 3. Domine , quid multi - 
plicati ? 

L ORD, how are they increased 
that trouble me ! many are 
they that rise against me. 

2 Many one there be that say of 
my soul, There is no help for him 
in his God. 

3 But thou, O Lord, art my de¬ 
fender ; thou art my worship, and 
the lifter up of my head. 

4 I did call upon the Lord with 
my voice, and he heard me out of 
his holy hill. 







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5 I laid me down and slept, and 
rose up again ; for the Lord sustain¬ 
ed me. 

6 I will not be afraid for ten thou¬ 
sands of the people, that have set 
themselves against me round about. 

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my 
God! For thou smitest all mine ene¬ 
mies upon the cheek bone; thou 
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 

8 Salvation belongeth unto the 
Lord; and thy blessing is upon thy 
people. 

Psalm 4. Cum invocarem. 
EAR me, when I call, O God 
of my righteousness : thou 
hast set me at liberty, when I was 
in trouble; have mercy upon me, 
and hearken unto my prayer. 

2 O ye sons of men, how long 
will ye blaspheme mine honour, and 
have such pleasure in vanity, and 
seek after falsehood ? 

3 Know this also, that the Lord 
hath chosen to himself the man that 
is godly ; when I call upon the Lord 
he will hear me. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not; 
commune with your own heart, and 
in your chamber, and be still. 

5 Offer the sacrifice of righteous¬ 
ness, and put your trust in the Lord. 

6 There be many that say, Who 
will show us any good ? 

7 Lord, lift thou up the light of 
thy countenance upon us. 

8 Thou hast put gladness in my 
heart, since the time that their corn, 
and wine, and oil increased. 

9 I will lay me down in peace, and 
take my rest; for it is thou, Lord, 
only that makest me dwell in safety. 

Psalm 5. Verba mea auribus. 
ONDER my words, O Lord; 
consider my meditation. 

2 O hearken thou unto the voice of 
my calling, my King, and my God: 
for unto thee will 1 make my prayer. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear be¬ 


[Day i. 

times, O Lord : early in the morn¬ 
ing will I direct my prayer unto 
thee, and will look up. 

4 For thou art the God that hast 
no pleasure in wickedness ; neither 
shall any evil dwell with thee. 

5 Such as be foolish, shall not 
stand in thy sight ; for thou hatest 
all them that work vanity. 

6 Thou shalt destroy them that 
speak lies : the Lord will abhor both 
the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 

7 But as for me, I will come into 
thine house, even upon the multitude 
of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I 
worship toward thy holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy right¬ 
eousness, because of mine enemies ; 
make thy way plain before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness in 
his mouth; their inward parts are 
very wickedness. 

10 Their throat is an open sepul¬ 
chre ; they flatter with their tongue. 

11 Destroy thou them, O God ; 
let them perish through their own 
imaginations ; cast them out in the 
multitude of their ungodliness; for 
they have rebelled against thee. 

12 And let all them that put their 
trust in thee rejoice : they shall ever 
be giving of thanks, because thou 
defendest them ; they that love thy 
Name shall be joyful in thee; 

13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy 
blessing unto the righteous, and with 
thy favourable kindness wilt thou 
defend him, as with a shield. 

EVENING PRAYER. 
Psalm 6. Domine , ne in f urore. 
LORD, rebuke me not in thine 
indignation, neither chasten 
me in thy displeasure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 
for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, 
for my bones are vexed. 

3 My soul also is sore troubled : 
but, Lord, how long wilt thou pun 
ish me l 






191 


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Day 1.] 

4 Turn tnee, O Lord, and deliver 
my soul; O save me, for thy mercies’ 
sake. 

5 For in death no man remem- 
bereth thee ; and who will give thee 
thanks in the pit ? 

6 1 am weary of my groaning: 
every night wash I my bed, and 
water my couch with my tears. 

7 My beauty is gone for very 
trouble, and worn away because of 
all mine enemies. 

8 Away from me, all ye that 
work vanity; for the Lord hath 
heard the voice of my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard my pe¬ 
tition ; the Lord will receive my 
prayer. 

10 All mine enemies shall be con¬ 
founded, and sore vexed; they shall 
be turned back, and put to shame 
suddenly. 

Psalm 7. Domine , Deus mens. 

LORD, my God, in thee have 
I put my trust : save me from 
all them that persecute me, and de¬ 
liver me; 

2 Lest he devour my soul like a 
lion, and tear it in pieces, while there 
is none to help. 

3 O Lord my God, if I have done 
any such thing ; or if there be any 
wickedness in my hands ; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto 
him that dealt friendly with me ; 
yea, I have delivered him that with¬ 
out any cause is mine enemy ; 

5 Then let mine enemy persecute 
my soul, and take me; yea, let him 
tread my life down upon the earth, 
and lay mine honour in the dust. 

6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, 
and lift up thyself, because of the 
indignation of mine enemies ; arise 
up for me in the judgment that thou 
hast commanded. 

7 And so shall the congregation of 
the people come about thee : for their 
sakes therefore lift up thyself again. 


8 The Lord shall judge the peo¬ 
ple : give sentence with me, OLord, 
according to my righteousness, and 
according to the innocency that is 
in me. 

9 O let the wickedness of the un¬ 
godly come to an end; but guide 
thou the just. 

10 For the righteous God trieth 
the very hearts and reins. 

11 My help cometh of God, who 
preserveth them that are true of 
heart. 

12 God is a righteous judge, 
strong, and patient; and God is 
provoked every day. 

13 If a man will not turn, he 
will whet his sword; he hath bent 
his bow, and made it ready. 

14 He hath prepared for him the 
instruments of death ; he ordaineth 
his arrows againsl the persecutors. 

15 Behold, he travaileth with 
mischief; he hath conceived sorrow, 
and brought forth ungodliness. 

16 He hath graven and digged up 
a pit, and is fallen himself into the 
destruction that he made for other. 

17 For his travail shall come 
upon his own head, and his wicked¬ 
ness shall fall on his own pate. 

18 I will give thanks unto the 
Lord, according to his righteousness; 
and I will praise the Name of the 
Lord most high. 

Psalm 8. Domine , Dominus noster. 

O LORD, our Governor, how ex¬ 
cellent is thy Name in all the 
world ; thou that hast set thy glory 
above the heavens ! 

2 Out of the mouth of very babes 
and sucklings hast thou ordained 
strength, because of thine enemies, 
that thou mightest still the enemy 
and the avenger. 

3 For I will consider thy heavens, 
even the works of thy fingers ; the 
moon and the stars which thou hast 
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4 What is man, that thou art 
mindful of him ? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him ? 

5 Thou madest him lower than 
the angels, to crown him with glory 
and worship. 

6 Thou makest him to have do¬ 
minion of the works of thy hands ; 
and thou hast put all things in sub¬ 
jection under his feet; 

7 All sheep and oxen ; yea, and 
the beasts of the field; 

8 The fowls of the air, and the 
fishes of the sea; and whatsoever 
walketh through the paths of the 
seas. 

9 O Lord, our Governor, how ex¬ 
cellent is thy Name in all the world ! 


THE SECOND DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 9. Co?ijitebor tibi. 
WILL give thanks unto thee, O 
Lord, with my whole heart; I 
will speak of all thy marvellous works. 

2 I will be glad and rejoice in 
thee; yea, my songs will I make 
of thy Name, O thou Most Highest. 

3 While mine enemies are driven 
back, they shall fall and perish at 
thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my 
right and my cause; thou art set in 
the throne that judgest right. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the hea¬ 
then, and destroyed the ungodly ; 
thou hast put out their name for 
ever and ever. 

6 O thou enemy, destructions are 
come to a perpetual end; even as 
the cities which thou hast destroyed, 
their memorial is perished with them. 

7 But the Lord shall endure for 
ever ; he hath also prepared his seat 
for judgment. 

8 For he shall judge the world 
in righteousness, and minister true 
judgment unto the people. 

9 The Lord also will be a defence 


for the oppressed, even a refuge in 
due time of trouble. 

10 And they that know thyName 
will put their trust in thee; for thou, 
Lord, hast never failed them that 
seek thee. 

11 O praise the Lord which 
dwelleth in Sion; show the people 
of his doings. 

12 For when he maketh inquisi¬ 
tion for blood, he remembereth them, 
and forgetteth not the complaint of 
the poor. 

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; 
consider the trouble which I suffer 
of them that hate me, thou that 
liftest me up from the gates of death ; 

14 That I may show all thy 
praises within the ports of the daugh¬ 
ter of Sion : I will rejoice in thy 
salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down 
in the pit that they made; in the 
same net which they hid privily is 
their foot taken. 

16 The Lord is known to execute 
judgment; the ungodly is trapped 
in the work of his own hands. 

17 The wicked shall be turned 
into hell, and all the people that for¬ 
get God. 

18 For the poor shall not alway 
be forgotten ; the patient abiding of 
the meek shall not perish for ever. 

19 Up, Lord, and let not man 
have the upper hand; let the hea¬ 
then be judged in thy sight. 

20 Put them in fear, O Lord, 
that the heathen may know them¬ 
selves to be but men. 

Psalm 10. TJt quid, Domine ? 

HY standest thou so far off, 
O Lord, and hidest thy face 
in the needful time of trouble ? 

2 The ungodly, for his own lust, 
doth persecute the poor: let them 
be taken in the crafty wiliness that 
them have imagined. 

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boast of his own heart’s desire, and 
speaketh good of the covetous, whom 
God abhorreth. 

4 The ungodly is so proud, that 
he careth not for God, neither is 
God in all his thoughts. 

5 His ways are ah\ ay grievous ; 
thy judgments are far above out of 
his sight, and therefore defieth he 
all his enemies. 

6 For he hath said in his heart, 
Tush! I shall never be cast down, 
there shall no harm happen unto me. 

7 His mouth is full of cursing, 
deceit, and fraud ; under his tongue 
is ungodliness and vanity. 

8 He sitteth lurking in the thiev¬ 
ish corners of the streets, and privily 
in his lurking dens doth he murder 
the innocent; his eyes are set against 
the poor. 

9 For he lieth waiting secretly; 
even as a lion lurketh he in his den, 
that he may ravish the poor. 

10 He doth ravish the poor, when 
he getteth him into his net. 

11 He falleth down,and humbleth 
himself, that the congiegation of the 
poor may fall into the hands of his 
captains. 

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush! 
God hath forgotten; he hideth away 
his face, and he will never see it. 

13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift 
up thine hand ; forget not the poor. 

14 Wherefore should the wicked 
blaspheme God, while he doth say 
in his heart, Tush! thou God carest 
not for it ? 

15 Surely thou hast seen it; for 
*.hou beholdest ungodliness and 
wrong, 

16 That thou mayest take the 
matter into thy hand: the poor com- 
mitteth himself unto thee ; for thou 
art the helper of the friendless. 

17 Break thou the power of the 
ungodly and malicious ; take away 
his ungodliness, and thou shalt find 
none. 

A A 


17 The Lord is King for ever and 
ever, and the heathen are perished 
out of the land. 

19 Lord, thou hast heard the de¬ 
sire of the poor; thou preparest their 
heart, and thine ear hearkeneth 
thereto: 

20 To help the fatherless and 
poor unto their right, that the man 
of the earth be no more exalted 
against them. 

Psalm 11. In Domino confido. 

I N the Lord put I my trust; how 
say ye then to my soul, that she 
should flee as a bird unto the hill ? 

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their 
bow, and make ready their arrows 
within the quiver, that they may 
privily shoot at them which are true 
of heart. 

3 For the foundations will be cast 
down ; and what hath the righteous 
done? 

4 The Lord is in his holy tem¬ 
ple ; the Lord’s seat is in heaven. 

5 His eyes consider the poor, and 
his eyelids try the children of men. 

6 The Lord alloweth the right¬ 
eous ; but the ungodly, and him that 
delighteth in wickedness, doth his 
soul abhor. 

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain 
snares, fire and brimstone, storm and 
tempest: this shall be their portion 
to drink. 

8 For the righteous Lord loveth 
righteousness; his countenance will 
behold the thing that is just. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 12. Salvum me fac. 
ELP me, Lord, for there is no* 
one godly man left; for the 
faithful are minished from amon? 
the children of men. 

2 They talk of vanity every one 
with his neighbour; they do but 
flatter with their lips, and dissemble 
in their double heart. 

3 The Lord shall root out all de~ 




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ceitful lips, and the tongue that 
speaketh proud things : 

4 Which have said. With our 
tongue will we prevail; we are they 
that ought to speak: who is Lord 
over us ? 

5 Now, for the comfortless trou¬ 
bles’ sake of the needy, and because 
of the deep sighing of the poor, 

6 I will up, saith theLoRD; and will 
help every one from him that swelleth 
against him, and will set him at rest. 

7 The words of the Lord are pure 
words; even as the silver which from 
the earth is tried, and purified seven 
times in the fire. 

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord ; 
thou shalt preserve him from this 
generation for ever. 

9 The ungodly walk on every 
side: when they are exalted, the 
children of men are put to rebuke. 

Psalm 13. Usque quo , Domine ? 

H OW long wilt thou forget me, 
O Lord ; for ever ? how long 
wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 

2 How long shall I seek counsel 
in my soul, and be so vexed in my 
heart? How long shall mine ene¬ 
mies triumph over me ? 

3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord 
my God; lighten mine eyes, that I 
sleep not in death ; 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have 
prevailed against him: for if I be 
cast down, they that trouble me will 
rejoice at it. 

5 But my trust is in thy mercy, and 
my heart is joyful in thy salvation. 

6 I will sing of the Lord, because 
he hath dealt so lovingly with me ; 
yea, I will praise the Name of the 
Lord most Highest. 

Psalm 14. Dixit insipiens. 
1HE fool hath said in his heart, 
There is no God. 

2 They are corrupt, and become 
abominable in their doings ; there is 
none that doeth good, no not one. 


[Day 3. 

3 The Lord looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, to 
see if there were any that would un¬ 
derstand, and seek after God: 

4 But they are all gone out of the 
way, they are altogether become 
abominable; there is none that do¬ 
eth good, no not one. 

5 Their throat is an open sepul¬ 
chre ; with their tongues have they 
deceived: the poison of asps is un¬ 
der their lips. 

6 Their mouth is full of cursing 
and bitterness; their feet are swift 
to shed blood. 

7 Destruction and unhappiness is 
in their ways, and the way of peace 
have they not known; there is no 
fear of God before their eyes. 

8 Have they no knowledge, that 
they are all such workers of mis¬ 
chief, eating up my people as it were 
bread, and call not upon the Lord? 

9 There were they brought in 
great fear, even where no fear was; 
for God is in the generation of the 
righteous. 

10 As for you, ye have made a 
mock at the counsel of the poor; be¬ 
cause he putteth his trust in theLoRD. 

11 Who shall give salvation unto 
Israel out of Sion ? When the Lord 
turneth the captivity of his people, 
then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel 
shall be glad. 


THE THIRD DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 15. Domine , quis habitabit? 

ORD, who shall dwell in thy 
tabernacle ? or who shall rest 
upon thy holy hill ? 

2 Even he that leadeth an uncor¬ 
rupt life, and doeth the thing which 
is right, and speaketh the truth from 
his heart. 

3 He that hath used no deceit 
in his tongue^ nor done evil to his 






THE PSALTER. 


Day 3.] 

neighbour, and hath not slandered 
his neighbour. 

4 He that setteth not by himself, 
but is lowly in his own eyes, and 
maketh much of them that fear the 
Lord. 

5 He that sweareth unto his neigh¬ 
bour, and disappointeth him not, 
though it were to his own hindrance. 

6 He that hath not given his 
money upon usury, nor taken reward 
against the innocent. 

7 Whoso doeth these things, shall 
never fall. 

Psalm 16. Conservame, Domine. 
RESERVE me, O God ; for 
in thee have I put my trust. 

2 O my soul, thou hast said unto 
the Lord, Thou art my God; my 
goods are nothing unto thee. 

3 All my delight is upon the 
saints that are in the earth, and 
upon such as excel in virtue. 

4 But they that run after another 
god shall have great trouble. 

5 Their drink-offerings of blood 
will I not offer, neither make men¬ 
tion of their names within my lips. 

6 The Lord himself is the portion 
of mine inheritance, and of my cup; 
thou shalt maintain my lot. 

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair 
ground; y^a, I have a goodly heritage. 

8 I will thank the Lord for giving 
me warning; my reins also chasten 
me in the night-season. 

9 I have set God always before 
me; for he is on my right hand, 
therefore I shall not fall. 

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, 
and my glory rejoiced ; my flesh also 
shall rest in hope. 

11 For why? thou shalt not leave 
my soul in hell; neither shalt thou 
suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 

12 Thou shalt show me the path 
of life: in thy presence is the fulness 
of joy, and at thy right hand there 
is pleasure for evermore. 


195 

Psalm 17. Exaudi , Domine. 
EAR the right, O Lord, consider 
my complaint, and hearken 
unto my prayer, that goeth not out 
of feigned lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth 
from thy presence; and let thine eyes 
look upon the thing that is equal. 

3 Thou hast proved and visited 
mine heart in the night-season; thou 
hast tried me, and shalt find no 
wickedness in me ; for I am utterly 
purposed that my mouth shall not 
offend. 

4 Because of men’s works that 
are done against the words of thy 
lips, I have kept me from the ways 
of the destroyer. 

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy 
paths, that my footsteps slip not. 

6 I have called upon thee, O God, 
for thou shalt hear me : incline thine 
ear to me, and hearken unto my 
words. 

7 Show thy marvellous loving¬ 
kindness, thou that art the Saviour 
of them which put their trust in thee, 
from such as resist thy right hand. 

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye; 
hide me under the shadow of thy 
wings, 

9 From the ungodly, that trouble 
me; mine enemies compass me round 
about, to take away my soul. 

10 They are inclosed in their own 
fat, and their mouth speaketh proud 
things. 

11 They lie waiting in our way 
on every side, turning their eyes 
down to the ground ; 

12 Like as a lion that is greedy 
of his prey, and as it were a lion’s 
whelp lurking in secret places. 

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and 
cast him down ; deliver my soul 
from the ungodly, which is a sword 
of thine; 

14 From the men of thy hand, 
O Lord, from the men I say, and 
from the evil world; which have 






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their portion in this life, whose bel¬ 
lies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 

15 They have children at their 
desire, and leave the rest of their 
substance for their babes. 

16 But as for me, I will behold 
thy presence in righteousness; and 
when I awake up after thy likeness, 
T shall be satisfied with it. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 18. Diligam te , Domine. 
WILL love thee, O Lord, my 
strength. The Lord is my stony 
rock, and my defence, my Saviour; 
my God, and my might, in whom I 
will trust; my buckler, the horn also 
of my salvation, and my refuge. 

2 I will call upon the Lord, which 
is worthy to be praised ; so shall I be 
safe from mine enemies. 

3 The sorrows of death compassed 
me, and the overflowings of ungod¬ 
liness made me afraid. 

4 The pains of hell came about 
me; the snares of death overtook me. 

5 In my trouble I will call upon the 
Lord, and complain unto my God : 

6 So shall he hear my voice out 
of his holy temple, and my complaint 
shall come before him; it shall enter 
even into his ears. 

7 The earth trembled and quaked, 
the very foundations also of the hills 
shook, and were removed, because 
he was wroth. 

8 There went a smoke out in his 
presence, and a consuming fire out 
of his mouth, so that coals were kin¬ 
dled at it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, and 
came down, and it was dark under 
his feet. 

10 He rode upon the Cherubim, 
and did fly; he came flying upon 
the wings of the wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret 
place, his pavilion round about him 
with dark water, and thick clouds to 
cover him. 


[Day 3. 

12 At the brightness of his pre¬ 
sence his clouds removed; hailstones 
and coals of fire. 

13 The Lord also thundered out 
of heaven, and the Highest gave his 
thunder; hailstones and coals of 
fire. 

14 He sent out his arrows, and 
scattered them ; he cast forth light¬ 
nings, and destroyed them. 

15 The springs of waters were 
seen, and the foundations of the 
round world were discovered at thy 
chiding, O Lord, at the blasting of 
the breath of thy displeasure. 

16 He shall send down from on 
high to fetch me, and shall take me 
out of many waters. 

17 He shall deliver me from my 
strongest enemy, and from them 
which hate me; for they are too 
mighty for me. 

18 They prevented me in the 
day of my trouble ; but the Lord 
was my upholder. 

19 He brought me forth also into 
a place of liberty ; he brought me 
forth, even because he had a favour 
unto me. 

20 The Lord shall reward me 
after my righteous dealing, accord¬ 
ing to the cleanness of my hands 
shall he recompense me. 

21 Because 1 have kept the ways 
of the Lord, and have not forsaken 
my God, as the wicked doth. 

22 For I have an eye unto all 
his laws, and will not cast out his 
commandments from me. 

23 I was also uncorrupt before 
him, and eschewed mine own wick¬ 
edness. 

24 Therefore shall the Lord re¬ 
ward me after my righteous dealing, 
and according unto the cleanness of 
my hands in his eye-sight. 

25 With the holy thou shalt be 
holy, and with a perfect man thou 
shalt be perfect. 

26 With the clean thou shalt be 




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clean, and with the froward thou 
shalt learn frowardness. 

27 For thou shalt save the people 
that are in adversity, and shalt bring 
down the high looks of the proud. 

28 Thou also shalt light my can¬ 
dle ; the Lord my God shall make 
my darkness to be light. 

29 For in thee I shall discomfit 
an host of men, and with the help 
of my God I shall leap over the 
wall. 

30 The way of God is an unde¬ 
filed way; the word of the Lord 
also is tried in the fire: he is the 
defender of all them that put their 
trust in him. 

31 For who is God, but the Lord? 
or who hath any strength, except 
our God ? 

32 It is God that girdeth me with 
strength of war, and maketh my 
way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like harts’ 
feet, and setteth me up on high. 

34 He teacheth mine hands to 
fight, and mine arms shall break 
even a bow of steel. 

35 Thou hast given me the de¬ 
fence of thy salvation ; thy right 
hand also shall hold me up, and thy 
loving correction shall make me 
great. 

36J£hou shalt make room enough 
under me for to go, that my footsteps 
shall not slide. 

37 I will follow upon mine ene¬ 
mies, and overtake them ; neither 
will I turn again till I have destroy¬ 
ed them. 

38 I will smite them, that they 
shall not be able to stand, but fall 
under my feet. 

39 Thou hast girded me with 
strength unto the battle ; thou shalt 
throw down mine enemies under me. 

40 Thou hast made mine ene¬ 
mies also to turn their backs upon 
me, and I shall destroy them that 
hate me. 


41 They shall cry, but there shall 
be none to help them; yea, even 
unto the Lord shall they cry, but he 
shall not hear them. 

42 I will beat them as small as 
the dust before the wind: I will cast 
them out as the clay in the streets. 

43 Thou shalt deliver me from 
the strivings of the people, and thou 
shalt make me the head of the hea¬ 
then. 

44 A people whom I have not 
known shall serve me. 

45 As soon as they hear of me, 
they shall obey me; but the strange 
children shall dissemble with me. 

46^The strange children shall 
fail, ah d be afraid out of their prisons. 

47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed 
be my strong helper, and praised be 
the God of my salvation : 

48 Even the God that seeth that 
I be avenged, and subdueth the 
people unto me. 

49 It is he that delivereth me 
from my cruel enemies, and setteth 
me up above mine adversaries: thou 
shalt rid me from the wicked man. 

50 For this cause will I give 
thanks unto thee, O Lord, among 
the Gentiles, and sing praises unto 
thy Name. 

51 Great prosperity giveth he 
unto his King, and showeth loving¬ 
kindness unto David, his Anointed, 
and unto his seed for evermore. 


THE FOURTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 19. Cash enarrant. 
HE heavens declare the glory 
of God; and the firmament 
showeth his handy-work. 

2 One day telleth another ; and 
one night certifieth another. 

3 There is neither speech nor lan¬ 
guage; but their voices are heard 
among them. 

4 Their sound is gone out into all 





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lands; and their words into the ends 
of the world. 

5 In them hath he set a tabernacle 
for the sun; which cometh forth as a 
bridegroom out of his chamber, and 
rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. 

6 It goeth forth from the utter¬ 
most part of the heaven, and run¬ 
neth about unto the end of it again; 
and there is nothing hid from the 
heat thereof. 

7 The law of the Lord is an un¬ 
defiled law, converting the soul; the 
testimony of the Lord is sure, and 
giveth wisdom unto the simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lord are 
right, and rejoice the heart; the com¬ 
mandment of the Lord is pure, and 
giveth light unto the eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, 
and endureth for ever; the judg¬ 
ments of the Lord are true, and 
righteous altogether. 

10 More to be desired are they 
than gold, yea, than much fine gold; 
sweeter also than honey, and the 
honey-comb. 

11 Moreover, by them is thy ser¬ 
vant taught ; and in keeping of 
them there is great reward. 

12 Who can tell how oft he of¬ 
fend eth ? O cleanse thou me from 
my secret faults. 

13 Keep thy servant also from 
presumptuous sins, lest they get the 
dominion over me; so shall I be 
undefiled, and innocent from the 
great offence. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, 
and the meditation of my heart, be 
alway acceptable in thy sight, 

15 O Lord, my strength and my 
redeemer. 

Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus. 

T HE Lord hear thee in the day 
of trouble; the Name of the 
God of Jacob defend thee : 

2 Send thee help from the sanctu¬ 
ary, and strengthen thee out of Sion : | 


[Day 4. 

3 Remember all thy offerings, 
and accept thy burnt-sacrifice : 

4 Grant thee thy heart’s desire, 
and fulfil all thy mind. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, 
and triumph in the Name of the 
Lord our God : the Lord perform 
all thy petitions. 

6 Now know I that the Lord help- 
eth his Anointed, and will hear him 
from his holy heaven, even with the 
wholesome strength of his right hand. 

7 Some put their trust in chariots, 
and some in horses; but we will 
remember the Name of the Lord 
our God. 

8 They are brought down and 
fallen ; but we are risen and stand 
upright. 

9 Save, Lord; and hear us, O 
King of heaven, when we call upon 
thee. 

Psalm 21. Domine , in virtute tua. 

HE King shall rejoice in thy 
strength, O Lord; exceeding 
glad shall he be of thy salvation. 

2 Thou hast given him his heart’s 
desire, and hast not denied him the 
request of his lips. 

3 For thou shalt prevent him 
with the blessings of goodness, and 
shalt set a crown of pure gold upon 
his head. 

4 He asked life of thee; and thou 
gavest him a long life, even for ever 
and ever. 

5 His honour is great in thy sal¬ 
vation ; glory and great worship 
shalt thou lay upon him. 

6 For thou shalt give him ever¬ 
lasting felicity, and make him glad 
with the joy of thy countenance. 

7 And why ? because the King 
putteth his trust in the Lord; and 
in the mercy of the Most Highest, 
he shall not miscarry. 

8 All thine enemies shall feel tliy 
hand ; thy right, hand shall find out 
them that hate thee. 





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9 Thou shalt make them like a 
fiery oven in time of thy wrath : the 
Lord shall destroy them in his dis¬ 
pleasure, and the fire shall consume 
them. 

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out 
of the earth, and their seed from 
among the children of men. 

11 For they intended mischief 
against thee, and imagined such a 
device as they are not able to per¬ 
form. 

12 Therefore shalt thou put them 
to flight, and the strings of thy bow 
shalt thou make ready against the 
face of them. 

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine 
own strength ; so will we sing, and 
praise thy power. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 22. Deus , Deus mens . 

Y God! my God! look upon 
me; why hast thou forsaken 
me ? and art so far from my health, 
and from the words of my complaint? 

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, 
but thou hearest not; and in the 
night-season also I take no rest. 

3 And thou continuest holy, O 
thou Worship of Israel. 

4 Our fathers hoped in thee; they 
trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver 
them. 

5 They called upon thee, and were 
holpen; they put their trust in thee, 
and were not confounded. 

6 But as for me, I am a worm, 
and no man ; a very scorn of men, 
and the outcast of the people. 

7 All they that see me laugh me to 
scorn; they shoot out their lips, and 
shake their heads, saying, 

8 He trusted in God, that he would 
deliver him ; let him deliver him, if 
he will have him. 

9 But thou art he that took me 
out of my mother’s womb; thou 
wast my hope, when I hanged yet 
upon my mother’s breasts. 


10 I have been left unto thee 
ever since I was born ; thou art my 
God even from my mother’s womb. 

11 O go not from me; for trouble 
is hard at hand, and there is none 
to help me. 

12 Many oxen are come about 
me; fat bulls of Basan close me in 
on every side. 

13 They gape upon me with their 
mouths, as it were a ramping and a 
roaring lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, 
and all my bones are out of joint; 
my heart also in the midst of my 
body is even like melting wax. 

15 My strength is dried up like a 
potsherd, and m 3 r tongue cleaveth 
to my gums, and thou shalt bring 
me into the dust of death. 

16 For many dogs are come about 
me, and the counsel of the wicked 
layeth siege against me. 

17 They pierced my hands and 
my feet: I may tell all my bones: 
they stand staring and looking upon 
me. 

18 They part my garments among 
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

19 But be not thou far from me, 
O Lord; thou art my succour, haste 
thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the 
sword, my darling from the power 
of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth; 
thou hast heard me also from among 
the horns of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy Name unto 
my brethren; in the midst of the 
congregation will I praise thee. 

23 O praise the Lord, ye that 
fear him: magnify him, all ye of the 
seed of Jacob; and fear him, all ye 
seed of Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor 
abhorred the low estate of the poor 
he hath not hid his face from Aim- 
but when he called unto him, he 
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25 My praise is of thee in the great 
congregation ; my vows will I per¬ 
form in the sight of them that fear 
him. 

26 The poor shall eat, and be 
satisfied ; they that seek after the 
Lord, shall praise him: your heart 
shall live for ever. 

27 All the ends of the world shall 
remember themselves, and be turned 
unto the Lord; and all the kindreds 
of the nations shall worship before 
him. 

28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s, 
and he is the Governor among the 
people. 

29 All such as be fat upon earth 
have eaten, and worshipped. 

30 All they that go down into the 
dust shall kneel before him; and no 
man hath quickened his own soul. 

31 My seed shall serve him: they 
shall be counted unto the Lord for a 
generation. 

32 They shall come, and the hea¬ 
vens shall declare his righteousness 
unto a people that shall be born, 
whom the Lord hath made. 

Psalm 23. Dominus regit me. 

HE Lord is my shepherd ; 
therefore can I lack nothing. 

2 He shall feed me in a green pas¬ 
ture, and lead me forth beside the 
waters of comfort. 

3 He shall convert my soul, and 
bring me forth in the paths of right¬ 
eousness for his Name’s sake. 

4 Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will 
fear no evil; for thou art with me; 
thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 

5 Thou shalt prepare a table be¬ 
fore me against them that trouble 
me; thou hast anointed my head 
with oil, and my cup shall be full. 

6 But thy loving-kindness and 
mercy shall follow me all the days 
of my life ; and I will dwell in the 
house of the Lord for ever. 


THE FIFTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 24. Domini est terra. 

T \HE earth is the Lord’s, and all 
that therein is ; the compass of 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon the 
seas, and prepared it upon the floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of 
the Lord'/ or who shall rise up in his 
holy place? 

4 Even he that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart; and that hath not 
lift up his mind unto vanity, nor 
sworn to deceive his neighbour. 

5 He shall receive the blessing 
from the Lord, and righteousness 
from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them 
that seek him; even of them that 
seek thy face, O Jacob. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 
and be ye lift up,ye everlasting doors; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

8 Who is the King of glory? It is 
the Lord strong and mighty, even 
the Lord mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 
and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

10 Who is the King of glory? 
Even the Lord of hosts, he is the 
King of glory. 

Psalm 25. Ad te : Domine , levavi. 
NTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up 
my soul; my God, I have put 
my trust in thee: O let me not be con¬ 
founded, neither let ^ mine enemies 
triumph over me. 

2 For all they that hope in thee 
shall not be ashamed; but such as 
transgress without a cause shall be 
put to confusion. 

3 Show me thy ways, O Lord, and 
teach me thy paths. 

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and 
learn me: for thou art the God of my 
salvation; in thee hath been my 
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5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, 
thy tender mercies, and thy loving¬ 
kindnesses, which have been ever of 
old. 

6 O remember not the sins and 
offences of my youth; but according 
to thy mercy think thou upon me, 
O Lord, for thy goodness. 

7 Gracious and righteous is the 
Lord; therefore will he teach sinners 
in the way. 

8 Them that are meek shall he 
guide in judgment; and such as are 
gentle, them shall he learn bis way. 

9 All the paths of the Lord are 
mercy and truth, unto such as keep 
his covenant, and his testimonies. 

10 For thy Name’s sake, O Lord, 
be merciful unto my sin; for it is 
great. 

11 What man is he that feareth 
the Lord? him shall he teach in the 
way that he shall choose. 

12 His soul shall dwell at ease, 
and his seed shall inherit the land. 

13 The secret of the Lord is 
among them that fear him; and he 
will show them his covenant. 

14 Mine eyes are ever looking 
unto the Lord; for he shall pluck 
my feet out of the net. 

15 Turn thee unto me, and have 
mercy upon me ; for I am desolate, 
and in misery. 

16 The sorrows of my heart are 
enlarged : O bring thou me out of 
my troubles. 

17 Look upon my adversity and 
misery, and forgive me all my sin. 

18 Consider mine enemies, how 
many they are; and they bear a 
tyrannous hate against me. 

19 O keep my soul, and deliver 
me: let me not be confounded, for 
I have put my trust in thee. 

20 Let perfectness and righteous 
dealing wait upon me; for my hope 
hath been in thee. 

21 Deliver Israel, O God, out of 
all his troubles. 


Psalm 26. Judica me , Domine. 
E thou my judge, O Lord, for I 
have walked innocently : my 
trust hath been also in the Lord, 
therefore shall I not fall. 

2 Examine me, O Lord, and 
prove me; try out my reins and my 
heart. 

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever 
before mine eyes; and I will walk 
in thy truth. 

4 I have not dwelt with vain per¬ 
sons ; neither will I have fellowship 
with the deceitful. 

5 I have hated the congregation 
of the wicked; and will not sit among 
the ungodly. 

6 I will wash my hands in inno- 
cency, O Lord ; and so will I go to 
thine altar. 

7 That I may show the voice of 
thanksgiving, and tell of all thy 
wondrous works. 

8 Lord, I have loved the habita¬ 
tion of thy house, and the place 
where thine honour dwelleth. 

9 O shut not up my soul with 
the sinners, nor my life with the 
blood-thirsty; 

10 In whose hands is wickedness, 
and their right hand is full of gifts. 

11 But as for me, I will walk in¬ 
nocently : O deliver me, and be 
merciful unto me. 

] 2 My foot standeth right: I will 
praise the Lord in the congregations. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio. 
HE Lord is my light and my 
salvation; whom then shall I 
fear ? the Lord is the strength of 
my life; of whom then shall I be 
afraid ? 

2 When the wicked, even mine 
enemies and my foes, came upon 
me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled 
and fell. 

3 Though an host of men were 
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heart be afraid; and though there 
rose up war against me, yet will I 
put my trust in thee. 

4 One thing have I desired of 
the Lord, which I will require, even 
that I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to be¬ 
hold the fair beauty of the Lord, and 
to visit his temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he 
shall hide me in his tabernacle ; yea, 
in the secret place of his dwelling 
shall he hide me, and set me up 
upon a rock of stone. 

6 And now shall he lift up mine 
head above mine enemies round 
about me. 

7 Therefore will I offer in his 
dwelling an oblation, with great 
gladness: I will sing and speak 
praises unto the Lord. 

8 Hearken unto my voice, O 
Lord, when I cry unto thee; have 
mercy upon me, and hear me. 

9 My heart hath talked of thee, 
Seek ye my face: thy face, Lord, 
will I seek. 

10 O hide not thou thy face from 
me, nor cast thy servant away in 
displeasure. 

11 Thou hast been my succour; 
leave me not, neither forsake me, O 
God of my salvation. 

12 When my father and my mother 
forsake me, the Lord taketh me up. 

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord, 
and lead me in the right way, be¬ 
cause of mine enemies. 

14 Deliver me not over into the 
will of mine adversaries: for there 
are false witnesses risen up against 
me, and such as speak wrong. 

15 I should utterly have fainted, 
but that I believe verily to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

16 O tarry thou theLoRD’s leisure; 
be strong, and he shall comfort thine 
heart; and put thou thy trust in the 
Lord. 


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Psalm 28. Ad te , Domine 
NTO thee will I cry, O Lord, 
my strength: think no scorn 
of me; lest, if thou make as though 
thou hearest not, I become like them 
that go down into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of my humble 
petitions, when I cry unto thee; 
when I hold up my hands towards 
the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. 

3 O pluck me not away, neither 
destroy me with the ungodly and 
wicked doers, which speak friendly 
to their neighbours, but imagine 
mischief in their hearts. 

4 Reward them according to their 
deeds, and according to the wicked¬ 
ness of their own inventions. 

5 Recompense them after the work 
of their hands ; pay them that they 
have deserved. 

6 For they regard not in their 
mind the works of the Lord, nor the 
operation of his hands; therefore 
shall he break them down, and not 
build them up. 

7 Praised be the Lord ; for he hath 
heard the voice of my humble peti¬ 
tions. 

8 The Lord is my strength, and 
my shield; my heart hath trusted in 
him, and I am helped ; therefore my 
heart danceth for joy, and in my 
song will I praise him. 

9 The Lord is my strength, and 
he is the wholesome defence of his 
Anointed. 

10 O save thy people, and give thy 
blessing unto thine inheritance: feed 
them, and set them up for ever. 

Psalm 29. Afferie Domino. 
RING unto the Lord, O ye 
mighty, bring young rams unto 
the Lord; ascribe unto the Lord 
worship and strength. 

2 Give the Lord the honour due 
unto his Name; worship the Lord 
with holy worship. 

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the waters; it is the glorious God 
that maketh the thunder. 

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the 
sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty 
in operation; the voice of the Lord 
is a glorious voice. 

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh 
the cedar trees; yea, the Lord 
breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 

G He maketh them also to skip 
like a calf; Libanus also, and Sirion, 
like a young unicorn. 

7 The voice of the Lord divideth 
the flames of fire ; the voice of the 
Lord shaketh the wilderness; yea, 
the Lord shaketh the wilderness of 
Cades. 

8 The voice of the Lord maketh 
the hinds to bring forth young, and 
discovereth the thick bushes: in his 
temple doth every man speak of his 
honour. 

9 The Lord sitteth above the 
water-flood, and the Lord remaineth 
a King for ever. 

10 The Lord shall give strength 
unto his people ; the Lord shall give 
his people the blessing of peace. 


THE SIXTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 30. Exaltabo te , Domine. 
WILL magnify thee, O Lord; 
for thou hast set me up, and not 
made my foes to triumph over me. 

2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto 
thee ; and thou hast healed me. 

3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my 
soul out of hell: thou hast kept my 
life from them that go down to the pit. 

4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O 
ye saints of his; and give thanks 
unto him, for a remembrance of his 
holiness. 

5 For his wrath endureth but the 
twinkling of an eye, and in his 
pleasure is life ; heaviness may en¬ 
dure for a night, but joy cometh in 
the morning. 


6 And in my prosperity I said, I 
shall never be removed : thou, Lord, 
of thy goodness, hast made my hill 
so strong. 

7 Thou didst turn thy face from 
me, and I was troubled. 

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord ; 
and gat me to my Lord right hum¬ 
bly. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, 
when I go down to the pit ? 

10 Shall the dust give thanks 
unto thee ? or shall it declare thy 
truth ? 

11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy 
upon me ; Lord, be thou my helper. 

12 Thou hast turned my heavi¬ 
ness into joy ; thou hast put off my 
sackcloth, and girded me with glad¬ 
ness : 

13 Therefore shall every good 
man sing of thy praise without ceas¬ 
ing. O my God, I will give thanks 
unto thee for ever. 

Psalm 3 1 . In te , Domine , speravi. 

N thee, O Lord, have I put my 
trust; let me never be put to con¬ 
fusion ; deliver me in thy righteous¬ 
ness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me; 
make haste to deliver me. 

3 And be thou my strong rock, 
and house of defence, that thou 
mayest save me. 

4 For thou art my strong rock, 
and my castle: be thou also my 
guide, and lead me for thy Name’s 
sake. 

5 Draw me out of the net that 
they have laid privily for me; for 
thou art my strength. 

6 Into thy hands I commend my 
spirit; for thou hast redeemed me, 
O Lord, thou God of truth. 

7 I have hated them that hold of 
superstitious vanities, and my trust 
hath been in the Lord. 

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy 
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trouble, and hast known my soul in 
adversities. 

9 Thou hast not shut me up into 
the hand of the enemy; but hast set 
my feet in a large room. 

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 
for I am in trouble, and mine eye is 
consumed for very heaviness; yea, 
my soul and my body. 

11 For my life is waxen old with 
heaviness, and my years with mourn¬ 
ing. 

12 My strength faileth me, be¬ 
cause of mine iniquity, and my bones 
are consumed. 

13 I became a reproof among all 
mine enemies, but especially among 
my neighbours; and they of mine 
acquaintance were afraid of me; and 
they that did see me without, con¬ 
veyed themselves from me. 

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead 
man out of mind; I am become like 
a broken vessel. 

15 For I have heard the blas¬ 
phemy of the multitude, and fear is 
on every side; while they conspire 
together against me, and take their 
counsel to take away my life. 

16 But my hope hath been in 
thee, O Lord ; I have said, Thou art 
my God. 

17 My time is in thy hand; de¬ 
liver me from the hand of mine ene¬ 
mies, and from them that persecute 
me. 

18 Show thy servant the light of 
thy countenance, and save me for 
thy mercies’ sake. 

19 Let me not be confounded, O 
Lord, for I have called upon thee; 
let the ungodly be put to confusion, 
and be put to silence in the grave. 

20 Let the lying lips be put to 
silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, 
and despitefully speak against the 
righteous. 

21 O how plentiful is thy good¬ 
ness- which thou hast laid up for 
them that fear thee, and that thou 


[Day 6. 

hast prepared for them that put their 
trust in thee, even before the sons of 
men! 

22 Thou shalt hide them privily 
by thine own presence from the pro¬ 
voking of all men : thou shalt keep 
them secretly in thy tabernacle from 
the strife of tongues. 

23 Thanks be to the Lord ; for he 
hath shoAved me marvellous great 
kindness in a strong city. 

24 And when I made haste, I 
said, I am cast out of the sight of 
thine eyes. 

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the 
voice of my prayer, Avhen I cried 
unto thee. 

26 O love the Lord, all ye his 
saints ; for the Lord preserveth them 
that are faithful, and plenteously re- 
wardeth the proud doer. 

27 Be strong, and he shall esta¬ 
blish your heart, all ye that put 
your trust in the Lord. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 32. Bead, quorum. 
LESSED is he whose unright¬ 
eousness is forgiven, and whose 
sin is covered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto whom 
the Lord imputeth no sin, and in 
whose spirit there is no guile. 

3 For whilst I held my tongue, 
my bones consumed away through 
my daily complaining. 

4 For thy hand is heavy upon 
me day and night, and my moisture 
is like the drought in summer. 

5 I will acknowledge my sin unto 
thee; and mine unrighteousness 
have I not hid. 

6 I said, I will confess my sins 
unto the Lord; and so thou for- 
gavest the wickedness of my sin. 

7 For this shall every one that is 
godly make his prayer unto thee, in 
a time when thou mayest be found ; 
but in the great water-floods they 
shall not come nigh him. 




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8 Thou art a place to hide me in; 
thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; 
thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. 

9 I will inform thee, and teach 
thee in the way wherein thou shalt 
go; and I will guide thee with mine 
eye. 

10 Be ye not like to horse and 
mule, which have no understanding; 
whose mouths must be held with bit 
and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 

11 Great plagues remain for the 
ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust 
in the Lord, mercy embraceth him 
on every side. 

12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and 
rejoice in the Lord ; and be joyful, 
all ye that are true of heart. 

Psalm 33. Exultate , justi. 
EJOICE in the Lord, O ye 
righteous ; for it becometh well 
the just to be thankful. 

2 Praise the Lord with harp; sing 
praises unto him with the lute, and 
instrument of ten strings. 

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song; 
sing praises lustily unto him with 
a good courage. 

4 For the word of the Lord is true; 
and all his works are faithful. 

5 He loveth righteousness and 
judgment; the earth is full of the 
goodness of the Lord. 

6 By the word of the Lord were 
the heavens made; and all the hosts 
of them by the breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the 
sea together, as it were upon an 
heap ; and layeth up the deep, as in 
a treasure-house. 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : 
stand in awe of him, all ye that 
dwell in the world. 

9 For he spake, and it was done; 
he commanded, and it stood fast. 

10 The Lord bringeth the coun¬ 
sel of the heathen to naught, and 
maketh the devices of the people to 


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be of none effect, and casteth out 
the counsels of princes. 

11 The counsel of the Lord shall 
endure for ever, and the thoughts of 
his heart from generation to genera¬ 
tion. 

12 Blessed are the people whose 
God is the Lord Jehovah ; and 
blessed are the folk that he hath 
chosen to him, to be his inheritance. 

13 The Lord looked down from 
heaven, and beheld all the children 
of men; from the habitation of his 
dwelling, he considereth all them 
that dwell on the earth. 

14 He fashioneth all the hearts 
of them, and understandeth all their 
works. 

15 There is no king that can be 
saved by the multitude of an host; 
neither is any mighty man delivered 
by much strength. 

16 A horse is counted but a vain 
thing to save a man ; neither shall 
he deliver any man by his great 
strength. 

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord 
is upon them that fear him, and 
upon them that put their trust in 
his mercy; 

18 To deliver their soul from 
death, and to feed them in the time 
of dearth. 

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried 
for the Lord; for he is our help and 
our shield. 

20 For our heart shall rejoice in 
him ; because we have hoped in his 
hoty Name. 

21 Let thy merciful kindness, O 
Lord, be upon us, like as we do put 
our trust in thee. 

Psalm 34. Benedicam Domino. 
WILL alway give thanks unto 
the Lord ; his praise shall ever 
be in my mouth. 

2 My soul shall make her boast 
in the Lord ; the humble shall hear 
thereof, and be glad. 


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3 O praise the Lord with me, and 
let us magnify hisName together. , 

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard 
me; yea, he delivered me out of all 
my fear. 

5 They had an eye unto him, 
and were lightened; and their faces 
were not ashamed. 

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the 
Lord heareth him ; yea, and saveth 
him out of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth 
round about them that fear him, 
and delivereth them. 

8 O taste, and see, how gracious 
the Lord is : blessed is the man that 
trusteth in him. 

9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his 
saints; for they that fear him lack 
nothing. 

10 The lions do lack, and suffer 
hunger; but they who seek the Lord 
shall want no manner of thing that is 
good. 

11 Come, ye children, and heark¬ 
en unto me; I will teach you the fear 
of the Lord. 

12 What man is he that lusteth 
to live, and would fain see good 
days? 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, 
and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 

14 Eschew evil, and do good; 
seek peace, and ensue it. 

15 The eyes of the Lord are over 
the righteous, and his ears are open 
unto their prayers. 

16 The countenance of the Lord 
is against them that do evil, to root 
out the remembrance of them from 
the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the 
Lord heareth them, and delivereth 
them out of all their troubles. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto them 
that are of a contrite heart, and will 
save such as be of an humble spirit. 

19 Great are the troubles of the 
righteous; but the Lord delivereth 
him out of all. 


20 He keepeth all his bones, so 
that not one of them is broken. 

21 But misfortune shall slay the 
ungodly ; and they that hate the 
righteous shall be desolate. 

22 The Lord delivereth the souls 
of his servants; and all they that put 
their trust in him shall not be destitute. 


THE SEVENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 35. Judica me , Domine. 
LEAD thou my cause, O Lord, 
with them that strive with me, 
and fight thou against them that 
fight against me. 

2 Lay hand upon the shield and 
buckler, and stand up to help me. 

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop 
the way against them that persecute 
me: say unto my soul, I am thy 
salvation. 

4 Let them be confounded, and 
put to shame, that seek after my 
soul; let them be turned back, and 
brought to confusion, that imagine 
mischief for me. 

5 Let them be as the dust before 
the wind, and the angel of the Lord 
scattering them. 

6 Let their way be dark and slip¬ 
pery, and let the angel of the Lord 
persecute them. 

7 For they have privily laid their 
net to destroy me without a cause; 
yea, even without a cause have they 
made a pit for my soul. 

8 Let a sudden destruction come 
upon him unawares, and his net 
that he hath laid privily catch him¬ 
self ; that he may fall into his own 
mischief. 

9 And, my soul, be joyful in the 
Lord ; it shall rejoice in his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, 
who is like unto thee, who deliverest 
the poor from him that is too strong 
for him ; yea, the poor, and him that 
is in misery, from him that spoileth 
him? 






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Day 7.] 

11 False witnesses did rise up: 
they laid to my charge things that I 
knew not. 

12 They rewarded me evil for 
good, to the great discomfort of my 
soul. 

13 Nevertheless, when they were 
sick, I put on sackcloth, and hum¬ 
bled my soul with fasting; and my 
prayer shall turn into mine own bo¬ 
som. 

14 I behaved myself as though 
it had been my friend or my bro¬ 
ther ; I went heavily, as one that 
mourneth for his mother. 

15 But in mine adversity they 
rejoiced, and gathered themselves 
together ; yea, the very abjects came 
together against me unawares, mak¬ 
ing mouths at me, and ceased not. 

16 With the flatterers were busy 
mockers, who gnashed upon me 
with their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look 
upon this ? O deliver my soul from 
the calamities which they bring on 
me, and my darling from the lions. 

18 So will I give thee thanks in 
the great congregation; I will praise 
thee among much people. 

19 O let not them that are mine 
enemies triumph over me ungodly; 
neither let them wink with their 
eyes, that hate me without a cause. 

20 And why ? their communing 
is not for peace; but they imagine 
deceitful words against them that 
are quiet in the land. 

21 They gaped upon me with 
their mouths, and said, Fie on thee! 
lie on thee! we saw it with our eyes. 

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord ; 
hold not thy tongue then; go not far 
from me, O Lord. 

23 Awake and stand up to judge 
my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, 
my God and my Lord. 

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, 
according to thy righteousness; and 
let them not triumph over me. 


25 Let them not say in their 
hearts, There! there! so would we 
have it; neither let them say, We 
have devoured him. 

26 Let them be put to confusion 
and shame together, that rejoice at 
my trouble; let them be clothed 
with rebuke and dishonour, that 
boast themselves against me. 

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, 
that favour my righteous dealing; 
yea, let them say alway, Blessed be 
the Lord, who hath pleasure in the 
prosperity of his servant. 

28 And as for my tongue, it shall 
be talking of thy righteousness, and 
of thy praise, all the day long. 

Psalm 36. Dixit injustus. 

Y heart showeth me the wick¬ 
edness of the ungodly, that 
there is no fear of God before his eyes. 

2 For he flattereth himself in his 
own sight, until his abominable sin 
be found out. 

3 The words of his mouth are un¬ 
righteous and full of deceit: he hath 
left off to behave himself wisely, and 
to do good. 

4 He imagineth mischief upon 
his bed, and hath set himself in no 
good way; neither doth he abhor 
any thing that is evil. 

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth 
unto the heavens, and thy faithful¬ 
ness unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness standeth like 
the strong mountains : thy judg¬ 
ments are like the great deep. 

7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both 
man and beast: how excellent is 
thy mercy, O God! and the children 
of men shall put their trust under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

8 They shall be satisfied with the 
plenteousness of thy house; and thou 
shalt give them drink of thy plea¬ 
sures, as out of the river. 

9 For with thee is the well of life; 
and in thy light shall we see light. 



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10 O continue forth thy loving- 
kindness unto them that know thee, 
and thy righteousness unto them 
that are true of heart. 

11 O let not the foot of pride 
come against me; and let not the 
hand of the ungodly cast me down. 

12 There are they fallen, all that 
work wickedness; they are cast 
down, and shall not be able to stand. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 37. Noli cemulari. 

RET not thyself because of the 
ungodly; neither be thou en¬ 
vious against the evil doers. 

2 For they shall soon be cut down 
like the grass, and be withered even 
as the green herb. 

3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord, 
and be doing good; dwell in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

4 Delight thou in the Lord, and 
he shall give thee thy heart’s desire. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, 
and put thy trust in him, and he 
shall bring it to pass. 

6 He'shall make thy righteous¬ 
ness as clear as the light, and thy 
just dealing as the noon-day. 

7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and 
abide patiently upon him: but grieve 
not thyself at him whose way doth 
prosper, against the man that doeth 
after evil counsels. 

■ 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go 
displeasure: fret not ihyself, else 
shalt thou be moved to do evil. 

9 Wicked doers shall be rooted 
out; and they that patiently abide 
the Lord, those shall inherit the 
land. 

10 Yet a little while, and the un¬ 
godly shall be clean gone: thou shalt 
look after his place, and he shall be 
away. 

11 But the meek-spirited shall 
possess the earth, and shall be re¬ 
freshed in the multitude of peace. 


[Day 8. 

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel 
against the just ? and gnasheth upon 
him with his teeth. 

13 The Lord shall laugh him to 
scorn ; for he hath seen that his day 
is coming. 

14 The ungodly have drawn out 
the sword, and have bent their bow, 
to cast down the poor and needy, and 
to slay such as are of a right con¬ 
versation. 

15 Their sword shall go through 
their own heart, and their boAV shall 
be broken. 

16 A small thing that the right¬ 
eous hath, is better than great 
riches of the ungodly. 

17 For the arms of the ungodly 
shall be broken, and the Lord up- 
holdeth the righteous. 

18 The Lord knoweth the days 
of the godly; and their inheritance 
shall endure for ever. 

19 They shall not be confounded 
in the perilous time ; and in the days 
of dearth they shall have enough. 

20 As for the ungodly, they shall 
perish, and the enemies of the Lord 
shall consume as the fat of lambs: 
yea, even as the smoke shall they 
consume away. 

21 The ungodly borroweth, and 
payeth not again ; but the right¬ 
eous is merciful and liberal. 

22 Such as are blessed of God, 
shall possess the land; and they that 
are cursed of him, shall be rooted 
out. 

23 The Lodr ordereth a good 
man’s going, and maketh his way 
acceptable to himself. 

24 Though he fall, he shall not 
be cast away; for the Lord uphold- 
eth him with his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now 
am old and yet saw I never the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed beg¬ 
ging their bread. 

26 The righteous is ever merciful, 
and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 




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27 Flee from evil, and do the thing 
that is good; and dwell for evermore. 

28 For the Lord loveth the thing 
that is right; he forsaketh not his 
that be godly, but they are preserved 
for ever. 

29 The unrighteous shall be 
punished; as for the seed of the 
ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 

30 The righteous shall inherit the 
land, and dwell therein for ever. 

31 The mouth of the righteous is 
exercised in wisdom, and his tongue 
will be talking of judgment. 

32 The law of his God is in his 
heart, and his goings shall not slide. 

33 The ungodly seeth the right¬ 
eous, and seeketh occasion to slay 
him. 

34 The Lord will not leave him 
in his hand, nor condemn him when 
he is judged. 

35 Hope thou in the Lord, and 
keep his way, and he shall promote 
thee, that thou shalt possess the land: 
when the ungodly shall perish, thou 
shalt see it. 

36 I myself have seen the un¬ 
godly in great power, and flourishing 
like a green bay-tree. 

37 I went by, and lo, he was 
gone: I sought him, but his place 
could no where be found. 

38 Keep innocency, and take 
heed unto the thing that is right; for 
that shall bring a man peace at the 
last. 

39 As for the transgressors, they 
shall perish together; and the end 
of the ungodly is, they shall be root¬ 
ed out at the last. 

40 But the salvation of the right¬ 
eous cometh of the Lord, who is 
also their strength in the time of 
trouble. 

41 And the Lord shall stand by 
them, and save them: he shall de¬ 
liver them from the ungodly, and 
shall save them, because they put 
their trust in him. 


THE EIGHTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 38. Domine , ne in furore. 
UT me not to rebuke, O Lord, 
in thine anger; neither chasten 
me in thy heavy displeasure: 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in 
me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 

3 There is no health in my flesh, 
because of thy displeasure; neither 
is there any rest in my bones, by 
reason of my sin. 

4 For my wickednesses are gone 
over my head, and are like a sore 
burden, too heavy for me to bear. 

5 My wounds stink, and are cor¬ 
rupt, through my foolishness. 

6 I am brought into so great 
trouble and misery, that I go mourn¬ 
ing all the day long. 

7 For my loins are filled with a 
sore disease, and there is no whole 
part in my body. 

8 I am feeble and sore smitten; 
I have roared for the very disquiet¬ 
ness of my heart. 

9 Lord, thou knowest all my de¬ 
sire; and my groaning is not hid 
from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my strength 
hath failed me, and the sight of mine 
eyes is gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my neighbours 
did stand looking upon my trouble, 
and my kinsmen stood afar off. 

12 They also that sought after 
my life laid snares for me; and they 
that went about to do me evil talked 
of wickedness, and imagined deceit 
all the day long. 

13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, 
and heard not; and as one that is 
dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 

14 I became even as a man that 
heareth not, and in whose mouth 
are no reproofs. 

15 For in thee, O Lord, have I 
put my trust; thou shalt answer fo r 
me, O Lord, my God. 



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16 1 have required that they, even 
mine enemies, should not triumph 
over me; for when my foot slipt, they 
rejoiced greatly against me. 

17 And I truly am set in the 
plague, and my heaviness is ever in 
my sight. 

18 For I will confess my wicked¬ 
ness, and be sorry for my sin. 

19 But mine enemies live, and 
are mighty; and they that hate me 
wrongfully are many in number. 

20 They also that reward evil 
for good are against me; because I 
follow the thing that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my 
God ; be not thou far from me. 

22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord 
God of my salvation. 

Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam. 
SAID, I will take heed to my 
ways, that I offend not in my 
tongue. 

2 I will keep my mouth as it 
.vere with a bridle, while the ungod¬ 
ly is in my sight. 

3 I held my tongue, and spake 
nothing: I kept silence, yea, even 
from good words ; but it was pain 
and grief to me; 

4 My heart was hot within me: 
and while I was thus musing the 
fire kindled, and at the last I spake 
with my tongue. 

5 Lord, let me know my end, 
and the number of my days; that I 
may be certified how long I have to 
live. 

6 Behold, thou hast made my 
days as it were a span long, and 
mine age is even as nothing in re¬ 
spect of thee; and verily every man 
living is altogether vanity. 

7 For man walketh in a vain 
shadow, and disquieteth himself in 
vain; he heapeth up riches, and 
cannot tell who shall gather them. 

8 And now, Lord, what is my 
hope? Truly my hope is even in thee. 


[Day 8. 

9 Deliver me from all mine of¬ 
fences ; and make me not a rebuke 
unto the foolish. 

10 I became dumb, and opened 
not my mouth; for it was thy doing. 

11 Take thy plague away from 
me: I am even consumed by the 
means of thy heavy hand. 

12 When thou with rebukes dost 
chasten man for sin, thou makest 
his beauty to consume away, like as 
it were a moth fretting a garment: 
every man therefore is but vanity. 

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and 
with thine ears consider my calling; 
hold not thy peace at my tears; 

14 For I am a stranger with thee, 
and a sojourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

15 0 spare me a little, that I may 
recover my strength, before I go 
hence, and be no more seen. 

Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi 

WAITED patiently for theLoRD, 
and he inclined unto me, and 
heard my calling. 

2 He brought me also out of the 
horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, 
and set my feet upon the rock, and 
ordered my goings. 

3 And h(?hath put a new song in 
my mouth, even a thanksgiving un¬ 
to our God. 

4 Many shall see it, and fear, and 
shall put their trust in the Lord. 

. 5 Blessed is the man that hath 
set his hope in the Lord, and turned 
not unto the proud, and to sudi as 
go about with lies. 

6 O Lord my God, great are the 
wondrous works which thou hast 
done, like as be also thy thoughts, 
which are to us-ward; and yet there 
is no man that ordereth them unto 
thee. 

7 If I should declare them, and 
speak of them, they should be more 
than I am able to express. 

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wouldest not, but mine ears hast 
thou opened. 

9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for 
sin hast thou not required : then 
said I, Lo, I come ; 

10 In the volume of the book it is 
written of me, that 1 should fulfil 
thy will, O my God: I am content 
to do it; yea, thy law is within my 
heart. 

11 I have declared thy righteous¬ 
ness in the great congregation : lo, I 
will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and 
that thou knowest. 

121 have not hid thy righteousness 
within my heart; my talk hath been 
of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 

13 I have not kept back thy lov¬ 
ing mercy and truth from the great 
congregation. 

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy 
from me, O Lord; let thy loving¬ 
kindness and thy truth alway pre¬ 
serve me. 

15 For innumerable troubles are 
come about me; my sins have taken 
such hold upon me, that I am not 
able to look up; yea, they are more 
in number than the hairs of my 
head, and my heart hath failed me. 

16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure 
to deliver me ; make haste, O Lord, 
to help me. 

17 Let them be ashamed, and 
confounded together, that seek after 
my soul to destroy it; let them be 
driven backward, and put to rebuke, 
that wish me evil. 

18 Let them be desolate, and re¬ 
warded with shame, that say unto 
me, Fie upon thee! fie upon thee! 

19 Let all those that seek thee, 
be joyful and glad in thee ; and let 
such as love thy salvation, say alway, 
The Lord be praised! 

20 As for me, I am poor and 
needy; but the Lord careth for me. 

21 Thou art my helper and re¬ 
deemer ; make no long tarrying, O 
my God. 


EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 41. Beatus qui intelligit. 
LESS ED is he that considereth 
the poor and needy ; the Lord 
shall deliver him in the time of 
trouble. 

2 The Lord preserve him, and 
keep him alive, that he may be 
blessed upon earth ; and deliver not 
thou him into the will of his ene¬ 
mies. 

3 The Lord comfort him when he 
lieth sick upon his bed; make thou 
all his bed in his sickness. 

4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto 
me ; heal my soul, for I have sinned 
against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, 
When shall he die, and his name 
perish ? 

6 And if he come to see me, he 
speaketh vanity, and his heart con- 
ceiveth falsehood within himself; and 
when he cometh forth, lie telleth it. 

7 All mine enemies whisper to¬ 
gether against me; even against me 
do they imagine this evil. 

8 Let the sentence of guiltiness 
proceed against him; and now that 
he lieth, let him rise up no more. 

9 Yea, even mine own familiar 
friend whom I trusted, who did also 
eat of my bread, hath laid great 
wait for me. 

10 But be thou merciful unto me, 
O Lord ; raise thou me up again, 
and I shall reward them. 

11 By this I know thou favourest 
me, that mine enemy doth not tri¬ 
umph against me. 

12 And when I am in my health, 
thou upholdest me, and shall set me 
before thy face for ever. 

13 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel, world without end. Amen. 

Psalm 42. Quemadmodum. 
IKE as the hart desireth the 
water-brooks, so longeth my 
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2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, 
even for the living God: when shall 
I come to appear before the presence 
of God? 

3 My tears have been my meat 
day and night, while they daily say 
unto me, Where is now thy God ? 

4 Now when I think thereupon, 
I pour out my heart by myself; 
for I went with the multitude, and 
brought them forth into the house 
of God; 

5 In the voice of praise and thanks¬ 
giving, among such as keep holy- 
day. 

6 Why art thou so full of heavi¬ 
ness, O my soul ? and why art thou 
so disquieted within me ? 

7 Put thy trust in God ; for I will 
yet give him thanks for the help of 
his countenance. 

8 My God, my soul is vexed within 
me; therefore will I remember thee 
concerning the land of Jordan, and 
the little hill of Hermon. 

9 One deep calleth another, be¬ 
cause of the noise of the water- 
pipes ; all thy waves and storms are 
gone over me. 

10 The Lord hath granted his 
loving-kindness in the day-time, and 
in the night-season did I sing of 
him, and made my prayer unto the 
God of my life. 

Ill will say unto the God of my 
strength, Why hast thou forgotten 
me ? Why go I thus heavily, while 
the enemy oppresseth me ? 

12 My bones are smitten asunder 
as with a sword, while mine ene¬ 
mies that trouble me cast me in the 
teeth; 

13 Namely, while they say daily 
unto me, Where rs now thy God ? 

14 Why art thou so vexed, O my 
soul ? and why art thou so disquiet¬ 
ed within me ? 

15 O putithy trust in God; for I will 
yet thank him, which is the help of 
my countenance, and my God. 


[Day 9. 

Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus. 
IYE sentence with me, O God ; 
and defend my cause against 
the ungodly people; O deliver me 
from the deceitful and wicked man. 

2 For thou art the God of r\ 
strength, why hast thou put me from 
thee ? and why go I so heavily, while 
the enemy oppresseth me ? 

3 O send out thy light and thy 
truth, that they may lead me, and 
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to 
thy dwelling. 

4 And that I may go unto the 
altar of God, even unto the God of 
my joy and gladness; and upon the 
harp will I give thanks unto thee, 
O God, my God. 

5 Why art thou so heavy, O my 
soul? and why art thou so disquiet¬ 
ed within me ? 

6 O put thy trust in God; for I will 
yet give him thanks, which is the help 
of my countenance, and my God. 


THE NINTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 44. Deus , auribus. 

E have heard with our ears, 
O God, our fathers have told 
us what thou hast done in their time 
of old; 

2 How thou hast driven out the 
heathen with thy hand, and planted 
them in; how thou hast destroyed 
the nations, and cast them out. 

3 For they gat not the land in 
possession through their own sword, 
neither was it their own arm that 
helped them : 

4 But thy right hand, and thine 
arm, and the light of thy counte¬ 
nance ; because thou hadst a favour 
unto them. 

5 Thou art my King, O God; send 
help unto Jacob. 

6 Through thee will we over¬ 
throw our enemies, and in thy Name 








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will we tread them under that rise 
up against us. 

7 For I will not trust in my bow, 
it is not my sword that shall help me; 

8 But it is thou that savest us from 
our enemies, and puttest them to con¬ 
fusion that hate us. 

9 We make our boast of God all 
day loi'g, and will praise thy Name 
for ever. 

10 But now thou art far off, and 
puttest us to confusion; and goest 
not forth with our armies. 

11 Thou makest us to turn our 
backs upon our enemies, so that they 
which hate us spoil our goods. 

12 Thou lettest us be eaten up 
like sheep, and hast scattered us 
among the heathen. 

13 Thou sellest thy people for 
naught, and takest no money for 
them. 

14 Thou makest us to be rebuked 
of our neighbours, to be laughed to 
scorn, and had in derision of them 
that are round about us. 

15 Thou makest us to be a by¬ 
word among the heathen, and that 
the people shake their heads at us. 

16 My confusion is daily before 
me, and the shame of my face hath 
covered me; 

17 For the voice of the slanderer 
and blasphemer, for the enemy and 
avenger. 

18 And though all this be come 
upon us, yet do we not forget thee, 
nor behave ourselves frowardly in 
thy covenant. 

19 Our heart is not turned back, 
neither our steps gone out of thy 
way; 

20 No, not when thou hast smit¬ 
ten us into the place of dragons, and 
covered us with the shadow of death. 

21 If we have forgotten the Name 
of our God, and holden up our hands 
to any strange god, shall not God 
search it out? for he knoweth the 
very secrets of the heart. 


22 For thy sake also are we killed 
all the day long, and are counted as 
sheep appointed to be slain. 

23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou? 
awake, and be not absent from us 
for ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 
andforgettestourmisery and trouble? 

25 For our soul is brought low, 
even unto the dust; our belly cleav- 
eth unto the ground. 

26 Arise, and help us, and deliver 
us, for thy mercies’ sake. 

Psalm 45. Eructavit cor mcum. 
Y heart is inditing of a good 
matter; I speak of the things 
which I have made unto the King. 

2 My tongue is the pen of a ready 
writer. 

3 Thou art fairer than the chil¬ 
dren of men; full of grace are thy 
lips, because God hath blessed thee 
for ever. 

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon 
thy thigh, O thou Most Mighty, ac¬ 
cording to thy worship and renown. 

5 Good luck have thou with thine 
honour: ride on, because of the word 
of truth, of meekness, and righteous¬ 
ness; and thy right hand shall teach 
thee terrible things. 

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and 
the people shall be subdued unto thee, 
even in the midst among the King’s 
enemies. 

7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for 
ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is 
a right sceptre. 

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity; wherefore God, 
even thy God, hath anointed thee 
with the oil of gladness above thy 
fellows. 

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, 
aloes, and cassia; out of the ivory 
palaces, whereby they have made 
thee glad. 

10 Kings’ daughters were among 
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right hand did stand the queen in 
a vesture of gold, wrought about with 
divers colours. 

11 Hearken, O daughter, and con¬ 
sider ; incline thine ear ; forget also 
thine own people, and thy father’s 
house. 

12 So shall the King have plea¬ 
sure in thy beauty; for he is thy 
Lord God, and worship thou him. 

13 And the daughter of Tyre 
shall be there with a gift; like as the 
rich also among the people shall make 
their supplication before thee. 

14 The King’s daughter is all 
glorious within; her clothing is of 
wrought gold. 

15 She shall be brought unto the 
King in raiment of needlework: the 
virgins that be her fellows shall bear 
her company, and shall be brought 
unto thee. 

16 With joy and gladness shall 
they be brought, and shall enter into 
the King’s palace. 

17 Instead of thy fathers, thou 
3halthave children, whom thou may- 
est make princes in all lands. 

18 1 will remember thyName from 
one generation to another; therefore 
shall the people give thanks unto 
thee, world without end. 

Psalm 46. Dens nosier refugium. 
OD is our hope and strength, a 
very present help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will we not fear, 
though the earth be moved, and 
though the hills be carried into the 
midst of the sea. 

3 Though the waters thereof rage 
and swell, and though the mountains 
shake at the tempest of the same. 

4 The rivers of the flood thereof 
shall make glad the city of God; 
the holy place of the tabernacle of 
the Most Highest. 

5 God is in the midst of her, there¬ 
fore shall she not be removed; God 
shall help her, and that right early. 


[Day 9 

6 The heathen make much ado, 
and the kingdoms are moved; but 
God hath showed his voice, and the 
earth shall melt away. 

7 The Lord of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. 

8 O come hither, and behold the 
works of the Lord, what destruction 
he hath brought upon the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease in all 
the world ; he breaketh the bow, and 
knappeth the spear in sunder, and 
burneth the chariots in the fire. 

10 Be still then, and know that I 
am God: I will be exalted among 
the heathen, and I will be exalted in 
the earth. 

11 The Lord of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 47. Omnes gentes : plaudite. 
CLAP your hands together, all 
ye people: O sing unto God with 
the voice of melody. 

2 For the Lord is high, and to be 
feared ; he is the great King upon all 
the earth. 

3 He shall subdue the people under 
us, and the nations under our feet. 

4 He shhll choose out an heritage 
for us, even the worship of Jacob, 
whom he loved. 

5 God is gone up with a merry 
noise, and the Lord with the sound 
of the trump. 

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto 
our God ; O sing praises, sing praises 
unto our King. 

7 For God is the King of all the 
earth: sing ye praises with under¬ 
standing. 

8 God reigneth over the heathen; 
God sitteth upon his holy seat. 

9 The princes of the people are 
joined unto the people of the God of 
Abraham; for God, which is very 
high exalted, doth defend the earth, 
as it were with a shield. 






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Day 9.] 

Psalm 48. Magnus Dominus. 
RE AT is the Lord, and highly 
to be praised in the city of our 
God, even upon his holy hill. 

2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, 
and the joy of the whole earth ; upon 
the north side lieth the city of the 
great King: God is well known in 
her palaces as a sure refuge. 

3 For lo, the kings of the earth 
are gathered, and gone by together. 

4 They marvelled to see such 
things; they were astonished, and 
suddenly cast down. 

5 Fear came there upon them; 
and sorrow, as upon a woman in her 
travail. 

6 Thou shalt break the ships of 
the sea through the east wind. 

7 Like as we have heard, so have 
we seen in the city of the Lord of 
hosts, in the city of our God; God 
upholdeth the same for ever. 

8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, 
O God, in the midst of thy temple. 

9 O God, according to thy Name, 
so is thy praise unto the world’s end; 
thy right hand is full of righteousness. 

10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, 
and the daughter of Judah be glad, 
because of thy judgments. 

11 Walk about Sion, and go 
round about her; and tell the towers 
thereof. 

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set 
up her houses, that ye may tell them 
that come after. 

13 For this God is our God for 
ever and ever : He shall be our guide 
unto death. 

Psalm 49. Audite hac, omnes. 

HEAR ye this, all ye people ; 
ponder it with your ears, all ye 
that dwell in the world ; 

2 High and low, rich and poor, 
one with another. 

3 My mouth shall speak of wis¬ 
dom. and my heart shall muse of 
understanding. 


4 I will incline mine ear to the 
parable, and show my dark speech 
upon the harp. 

5 Wherefore should I fear in the 
days of wickedness, and when the 
wickedness of my heels compasseth 
me round about ? 

6 There be some that put their 
trust in their goods, and boast them¬ 
selves in the multitude of their 
riches. 

7 But no man may deliver his 
brother, nor make agreement unto 
God for him; 

8 For it cost more to redeem their 
souls, so that he must let that alone 
for ever; 

9 Yea, though he live long, and 
see not the grave. 

10 For he seeth that wise men 
also die and perish together, as well 
as the ignorant and foolish, and leave 
their riches for other. 

11 And yet they think that their 
houses shall continue for ever, and 
that their dwelling places shall en¬ 
dure from one generation to another; 
and call the lands after their own 
names. 

12 Nevertheless, man will not 
abide in honour, seeing he may be 
compared unto the beasts that perish; 
this is the way of them. 

13 This is their foolishness, and 
their posterity praise their saying. 

14 They lie in the hell like sheep; 
death gnaweth upon them, and the 
righteous shall have dominion over 
them in the morning: their beauty 
shall consume in the sepulchre out 
of their dwelling. 

15 But God hath delivered my 
soul from the place of hell; for he 
shall receive me. 

16 Be not thou afraid, though 
one be made rich, or if the glory of 
his house be increased ; 

17 For he shall carry nothing 
away with him when he dieth, nei¬ 
ther shall his pomp follow him. 






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18 For while he lived, he counted 
himself an happy man ; and so long 
as thou dost well unto thyself, men 
will speak good of thee. 

19 He shall follow the generation 
of his fathers, and shall never see 
light. 

20 Man being in honour hath no 
understanding, but is compared unto 
the beasts that perish. 


THE TENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 50. Deus deorum . 

HE Lord, even the most mighty 
God, hath spoken, and called 
the world, from the rising up of the 
sun unto the going down thereof. 

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared 
in perfect beauty. 

3 Our God shall come, and shall 
not keep silence; there shall go be¬ 
fore him a consuming fire, and a 
mighty tempest shall be stirred up 
round about him. 

4 He shall call the heaven from 
above, and the earth, that he may 
judge his people. 

5 Gather my saints together unto 
me; those that have made a cove¬ 
nant with me with sacrifice. 

6 And the heavens shall declare 
his righteousness; for God is judge 
himself. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will 
speak; I myself will testify against 
thee, O Israel; for I am God, even 
thy God. 

8 I will not reprove thee because 
of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt- 
offerings ; because they were not 
alway before me. 

9 I will take no bullock out of 
thine house, nor he-goat out of thy 
folds. 

10 For all the beasts of the forest 
are mine, and so are the cattle upon 
a thousand hills. 

Ill know all the fowls upon the 


[Day 10. 

mountains, and the wild beasts of 
the field are in my sight. 

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell 
thee; for the whole world is mine, 
and all that is therein. 

13 Thinkest thou that 1 will eat 
bull’s flesh, and drink the blood of 
goats ? 

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, 
and pay thy vows unto the Most 
Highest. 

15 And call upon me in the time 
of trouble; so will I hear thee, and 
thou shalt praise me. 

16 But unto the ungodly said 
God, Why dost thou preach my 
laws, and takest my covenant in 
thy mouth; 

17 Whereas thou hatest to be re¬ 
formed, and hast cast my words be¬ 
hind thee? 

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou 
consentedst unto him; and hast been 
partaker with the adulterers. 

19 Thou hast let thy mouth 
speak wickedness, and with thy 
tongue thou hast set forth deceit. 

20 Thou sattest and spakest 
against thy brother; yea, and hast 
slandered thine own mother’s son. 

21 These things hast thou done, 
and I held my tongue, and thou 
thoughtest wickedly, that I am even 
such a one as thyself; but I will re¬ 
prove thee, and set before thee the 
things that thou hast done. 

22 < > consider this, ye that forget 
God, lest I pluck you away, and 
there be none to deliver you. 

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and 
praise, he honoureth me ; and to him 
that ordereth his conversation right, 
will I show the salvation of God. 

Psalm 51. Miserere mei , Deus. 

H AVE mercy upon me, O God, 
after thy great goodness; ac¬ 
cording to the multitude of thy mer¬ 
cies do away mine offences. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from my 


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wickedness and cleanse me from my 
sin. 

3 For I acknowledge my faults, 
and my sin is e\ er before me. 

4 Against thee only have I sin¬ 
ned, and done this evil in thy sight, 
that thou mightest be justified in thy 
saying, and clear when thou art 
judged. 

5 Behold, I was shapen in wick¬ 
edness, and in sin hath my mother 
conceived me. 

6 But lo, thou requirest truth in 
the inward parts, and shalt make 
me to understand wisdom secretly. 

7 Thou shalt purge me with hys¬ 
sop, and I shall be clean ; thou shalt 
wash me, and I shall be whiter than 
snow. 

8 Thou shalt make me hear of 
joy and gladness, that the bones 
which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

9 Turn thy face from my sins, 
and put out all my misdeeds. 

10 Make me a clean heart, O 
God, and renew a right spirit within 
me. 

11 Cast me not away from thy 
presence, and take not’ thy holy 
Spirit from me. 

12 O give me the comfort of thy 
help again, and stablish me with 
thy free Spirit. 

13 Then shall I teach thy ways 
unto the wicked, and sinners shall 
be converted unto thee. 

14 Deliver me from blood-guilti¬ 
ness, O God, thou that art the God 
of my health; and my tongue shall 
sing of thy righteousness. 

15 Thou shalt open my lips, O 
Lord, and my mouth shall show thy 
praise. 

16 For ihou desirest no sacrifice, 
else would I give it thee; but thou 
delightest not in burnt-offerings. 

17 The sacrifice of God is a 
troubled spirit: a broken and con¬ 
trite heart, O God, shalt thou not 
despise. 

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18 O be favourable and gracious 
unto Sion; build thou the walls of 
Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleased 
with the sacrifice of righteousness, 
with the burnt-offerings and obla¬ 
tions ; then thall they offer young 
bullocks upon thine altar. 

Psalm 52. Quid gloriaris ? 
"YylT HY boastest thou thyself, thou 

V Y tyrant, that thou canst do 
mischief; 

2 Whereas the goodness of God 
endureth yet daily? 

3 Thy tongue imagineth wicked¬ 
ness, and with lies thou cuttest like 
a sharp razor. 

4 Thou hast loved unrighteous¬ 
ness more than goodness, and to talk 
of lies more than righteousness. 

5 Thou hast loved to speak all 
words that may do hurt, O thou 
false tongue. 

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee 
for ever; he shall take thee, and 
pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and 
root thee out of the land of the living. 

7 The righteous also shall see 
this, and fear, and shall laugh him 
to scorn; 

8 Lo, this is the man that took 
not God for his strength; but trusted 
unto the multitude of his riches, and 
strengthened himself in his wicked¬ 
ness. 

9 As for me, I am like a green 
olive-tree in the house of God; my 
trust is in the tender mercy of God 
for ever and ever. 

10 I will always give thanks 
unto thee for that thou hast done; 
and I will hope in thy Name, for thy 
saints like it well. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 53. Dixit insipiens. 

HE foolish body hath said in 
his heart, There is no God. 

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abominable in their wickedness ; 
there is none that doeth good. 

3 God looked down from heaven 
upon the children of men, to see if 
there were any that would under¬ 
stand, and seek after God. 

4 But they are all gone out of the 
way, they are altogether become 
abominable ; there is also none that 
doeth good, no not one. 

5 Are not they without under¬ 
standing that work wickedness, eat¬ 
ing up my people as if they would 
eat bread ? they have not called upon 
God. 

6 They were afraid where no fear 
was; for God hath broken the bones 
of him that besieged thee; thou hast 
put them to confusion, because God 
hath despised them. 

7 0,that the salvation were given 
unto Israel out of Sion! 0,that the 
Lord would deliver his people out 
of captivity! 

8 Then should Jacob rejoice, and 
Israel should be right glad. 

Psalm 54. Deus , in nomine. 
AYE me, O God, for thy Name’s 
sake, and avenge me in thy 
strength. 

2 Hear my prayer, O God, and 
hearken unto the words of my 
mouth. 

3 For strangers are risen up 
against me; and tyrants, which have 
not God before their eyes, seek after 
my soul. 

4 Behold, God is my helper; the 
Lord is with them that uphold my 
soul. 

5 He shall reward evil unto mine 
enemies: destroy thou them in thy 
truth. 

6 An offering of a free heart will 
[ give thee, and praise thy Name, O 
Lord; because it is so comfortable. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of 
all my trouble ; and mine eye hath 
seen his desire upon mine enemies. 


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Psalm 55. Exaudi , Deus. 
EAR my prayer, O God, and 
hide not thyself from my peti¬ 
tion. 

2 Take heed unto me, and hear 
me, how I mourn in my prayer, and 
am vexed. 

3 The enemy crieth so, and the 
ungodly cometh on so fast; for they 
are minded to do me some mischief, 
so maliciously are they set against me. 

4 My heart is disquieted within 
me, and the fear of death is fallen 
upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, and an horrible 
dread hath overwhelmed me. 

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings 
like a dove ! for then would I flee 
away, and be at rest. 

7 IiO, then would I get me away 
far off, and remain in the wilderness. 

8 I would make haste to escape, 
because of the stormy wind and 
tempest. 

9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, 
and divide them; for I have spied un¬ 
righteousness and strife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go about 
within the walls thereof: mischief 
also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 

11 Wickedness is therein ; deceit 
and guile go not out of their streets. 

12 For il is not an open enemy 
that hath done me this dishonour; 
for then I could have borne it: 

13 Neither was it mine adversary 
that did magnify himself against 
me ; for then peradventure I would 
have hid myself from him: 

14 But it was even thou, my 
companion, my guide, and mine 
own familiar friend. 

15 We took sweet counsel toge¬ 
ther, and walked in the house of 
God as friends. 

16 Let death come hastily upon 
them, and let them go down quick 
into hell; for wickedness is in their 
dwellings, and among them. 


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17 As for me, I will call upon 
God, and the Lord shall save me. 

18 In the evening, and morning, 
and at noonday, will I pray, and 
that instantly; and he shall hear 
my voice. 

19 It is he that hath delivered 
my soul in peace from the battle 
that was against me; for there were 
many with me. 

20 Yea, even God, that endureth 
for ever, shall hear me, and bring 
them down ; for they will not turn, 
nor fear God. 

21 He laid his hands upon such 
as be at peace with him, and he 
brake his covenant. 

22 The words of his mouth were 
softer than butter, having war in his 
heart; his words were smoother than 
oil, and yet they be very swords. 

23 O cast thy burden upon the 
Lord, and he shall nourish thee, and 
shall not suffer the righteous to fall 
for ever. 

24 And as for them, thou, O God, 
shalt bring them into the pit of de¬ 
struction. 

25 The blood-thirsty and deceit¬ 
ful men shall not live out half their 
days: nevertheless, my trust shall 
be in thee, O Lord. 


THE ELEVENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 56. Miserere mei , Deus. 
E merciful unto me, O God, for 
man goetli about to devour 
me; he is daily fighting, and trou¬ 
bling me. 

2 Mine enemies are daily in hand 
to swallow me up; for they be many 
that fight against me, O thou Most 
Highest. 

3 Nevertheless, though I am some¬ 
time afraid, yet put I my trust in 
thee. 

4 I will praise God because of his 
word : I have put my trust in God, 


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and will not fear what flesh can do 
unto me. 

5 They daily mistake my word?; 
all that they imagine is to do me evil. 

6 They hold all together, and 
keep themselves close, and mark my 
steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 

7 Shall they escape for their wick¬ 
edness? thou, O God, in thy dis¬ 
pleasure shall cast them down. 

8 Thou tellest. my. wanderings: 
put my tears into thy bottle: are 
not these things noted in thy book ? 

9 Whensoever I call upon thee, 
then shall mine enemies be put to 
flight: this I know; for God is on 
my side. 

10 In God’s word will I rejoice: 
in the Lord’s word will I comfort me 

11 Yea, in God have I put my 
trust; I will not be afraid what man 
can do unto me. 

12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay 
my vows; unto thee will I give 
thanks. 

13 For thou hast delivered my 
soul from death, and my feet from 
falling, that I may walk before God 
in the light of the living. 

Psalm 57. Miserere mei , Deus. 
E merciful unto me, O God, be 
merciful unto me ; for my soul 
trusteth in thee; and under the 
shadow of thy wings shall be my 
refuge, until this tyranny be over¬ 
past. 

2 I will call unto the most high 
God, even unto the God that shall 
perform the cause which I have in 
hand. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and 
save me from the reproof of him that 
would eat me up. 

4 God shall send forth his mercy 
and truth : my soul is among lions. 

5 And I lie even among the chil¬ 
dren of men, that are set on fire, 
whose teeth are spears and arrows, 
and their tongue a sharp sword. 


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6 Set up thyself, O God, above 
the heavens; and thy glory above 
all the earth. 

7 They have laid a net for my 
feet, and pressed down my soul; 
they have digged a pit before me, 
and are fallen into the midst of it 
themselves. 

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my 
heart is fixed; I will sing and give 
praise. 

9 Awake up, my glory; awake, 
lute and harp : I myself will awake 
right early. 

10 I will give thanks unto thee, O 
Lord, among the people; and I will 
sing unto thee among the nations. 

11 For the greatness of thy mer¬ 
cy reacheth unto the heavens, and 
thy truth unto the clouds. 

12 Set up thyself, O God, above 
the heavens; and thy glory above 
all the earth. 

Psalm 58. Si vere utiqiie. 

RE your minds set upon right¬ 
eousness, O ye congregation ? 
and do ye judge the thing that is 
right, O ye sons of men 1 

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in 
your heart upon the earth, and 
your hands deal with wickedness. 

3 The ungodly are froward, even 
from their mother’s womb; as soon 
as they are born, they go astray, and 
speak lies. 

4 They are as venomous as the 
poison of a serpent, even like the 
deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 

5 Which refuseth to hear the 
voice of the charmer, charm he 
never so wisely. 

6 Break their teeth, O God, in 
their mouths; smite the jaw-bones 
of the lions, O Lord : let them fall 
away like water that runneth apace; 
and when they shoot their arrows, 
let them be rooted out. 

7 Let them consume away like 
a snail, and be like the untimely 


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fruit of a woman ; and let them not 
see the sun. 

8 Or ever your pots be made hot 
with thorns, so let indignation vex 
him, even as a thing that is raw. 

9 The righteous shall rejoice 
when he seeth the vengeance; he 
shall wash his footsteps in the blood 
of the ungodly. 

10 So that a man shall say, Veri- 
ly, there is a reward for the right¬ 
eous ; doubtless there is a God that 
judgeth the earth. 

EVENING PRAYER. 
Psalm 59. Eripe me de inimicis. 
ELIVER me from mine ene¬ 
mies, O God; defend me from 
them that rise up against me. 

2 O deliver me from the wicked 
doers, and save me from the blood¬ 
thirsty men. 

3 For lo, they lie waiting for my 
soul; the mighty men are gathered 
against me, without any offence or 
fault of me, O Lord. 

4 They run and prepare them¬ 
selves without my fault; arise thou 
therefore to help me, and behold. 

5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, 
thou God of Israel, to visit all the 
heathen, and be not merciful unto 
them that offend of malicious wick¬ 
edness. 

6 They go to and fro in the eve¬ 
ning, they grin like a dog, and run 
about through the city. 

7 Behold, they speak with their 
mouth, and swords are in their lips; 
for who doth hear ? 

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have 
them in derision, and thou shalt 
laugh all the heathen to scorn. 

9 My strength will I ascribe unto 
thee; for thou art the God of my 
refuge. 

10 God showeth me his goodness 
plenteously; and God shall let me 
see my desire upon mine enemies. 

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forget it; but scatter them abroad 
among the people, and put them 
down, O Lord our defence. 

12 For the sin of their mouth, and 
for the words of their lips, they shall 
be taken in their pride: and why ? 
their preaching is of cursing and lies. 

13 Consume them in thy wrath, 
consume them, that they may perish; 
and know that it is God that ruleth in 
Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 

14 And in the evening they will 
return, grin like a dog, and will go 
about the city. 

15 They will run here and there 
for meat, and grudge if they be not 
satisfied. 

16 As for me, I will sing of thy 
power, and will praise thy mercy 
betimes in the morning; for thou 
hast been my defence and refuge in 
the day of my trouble. 

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will 
I sing; for thou, O God, art my 
refuge, and my merciful God. 

Psalm 60. Deus , repulisti nos. 
GOD, thou hast cast us out, 
and scattered us abroad ; thou 
hast also been displeased: O turn 
thee unto us again. 

2 Thou hast moved the land, and 
divided it: heal the sores thereof, for 
it shaketh. 

3 Thou hast showed thy people 
heavy things ; thou hast given us a 
drink of deadly wine. 

4 Thou hast given a token for 
such as fear thee, that they may 
triumph because of the truth. 

5 Therefore were thy beloved 
delivered: help me with thy right 
hand, and hear me. 

6 God hath spoken in his holi¬ 
ness, I will rejoice,and divide Sichem, 
and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is 
mine ; Ephraim also is the strength 
of my head; Judah is my law-giver; 

8 Moab is my wash-pot; over 


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Edom will I cast out my shoe; 
Philistia, be thou glad of me. 

9 Who will lead me into the 
strong city ? who will bring me into 
Edom ? 

10 Hast not thou cast us out, O 
God ? wilt not thou, O God, go out 
with our hosts ? 

11 O be thou our help in trouble; 
for vain is the help of man. 

12 Through God will we do 
great acts ; for it is he that shall 
tread down our enemies. 

Psalm 61. Exaucli, Deus. 
EAR my crying, O God, give 
ear unto my prayer. 

2 From the ends of the earth will 
I call upon thee, when my heart is 
in heaviness. 

3 O set me upon the rock that 
is higher than 1; for thou hast been 
my hope, and a strong tower for me 
against the enemy. 

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle 
for ever, and my trust shall be under 
the covering of thy wings. 

5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my 
desires, and hast given an heritage 
unto those that fear thy Name. 

6 Thou shalt grant the King a 
long life, that his years may endure 
throughout all generations. 

7 He shall dwell before God for 
ever: O prepare thy loving mercy 
and faithfulness, that they may pre¬ 
serve him. 

8 So will I always sing praise 
unto thy Name, that I may daily 
perform my vows. 


THE TWELFTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 62. Nonne Deo ? 

Y soul truly waiteth still upon 
God; for of him cometh my 
salvation. 

2 He verily is my strength and 
my salvation ; he is my defence, so 
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3 How long will ye imagine mis¬ 
chief against every man? Ye shall 
be slain all the sort of you ; yea, as 
a tottering wall shall ye be, and like 
a broken hedge. 

4 Their device is only how to put 
him out whom God will exalt; their 
delight is in lies; they give good 
words with their mouth, but curse 
with their heart. 

5 Nevertheless, my soul,wait thou 
still upon God; for my hope is in him. 

6 He truly is my strength and 
my salvation; he is my defence, so 
that I shall not fall. 

7 In God is my health and my 
glory; the rock of my might, and in 
God is my trust. 

8 O put your trust in him alway, 
ye people; pour out your hearts be¬ 
fore him, for God is our hope. 

9 As for the children of men, they 
are but vanity ; the children of men 
are deceitful upon the weights ; they 
are altogether lighter than vanity 
itself. 

10 O trust not in wrong and rob¬ 
bery ; give not yourself unto vani¬ 
ty : if riches increase, set not your 
heart upon them. 

11 God spake once, and twice I 
have also heard the same, that power 
belongeth unto God; 

12 And that thou, Lord, art mer¬ 
ciful ; for thou rewardest every man 
according to his work. 

Psalm 63. Deus , Dens meus. 
GOD, thou art my God; early 
will I seek thee. 

2 My soul thirsteth for thee ; my 
flesh also longeth after thee, in a bar¬ 
ren and dry land where no water is. 

3 Thus have I looked for thee in 
holiness, that I might behold thy 
power and glory. 

4 For thy loving-kindness is Letter 
than the life itself: my lips shall 
praise thee. 

5 As long as I live will I magnify 


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thee in this manner, and lift up my 
hands in thyName. 

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even 
as it were with marrow and fatness, 
when my mouth praiseth thee with 
joyful lips. 

7 Have I not remembered thee in 
mybed, and thought upon thee when 
I was w r aking ? 

8 Because thou hast been my 
helper; therefore under the shadow 
of thy wings will I rejoice. 

9 My soul hangeth upon thee; 
thy right hand hath upholden me. 

10 These also that seek the hurt 
of my soul, they shall go under the 
earth. 

11 Let them fall upon the edge 
of the sword, that they may be a 
portion for foxes. 

12 But the King shall rejoice in 
God ; all they also that swear by 
him shall be commended; for the 
mouth of them that speak lies shall 
be stopped. 

Psalm 64. Exaudi , Dens. 
EAR my voice, O God, in my 
prayer; preserve my life from 
fear of the enemy. 

2 Hide me from the gathering to¬ 
gether of the fro ward, and from the 
insurrection of wicked doers ; 

3 Who have whet their tongue 
like a sword, and shoot out their 
arrows, even bitter words; 

4 That they may privily shoot at 
him that is perfect: suddenly do 
they hit him, and fear not. 

5 They encourage themselves in 
mischief, and commune among them¬ 
selves, how they may lay snares; 
and say, that no man shall see them. 

6 They imagine wickedness, and 
practise it; that they keep secret 
among themselves, every man in the 
deep of his heart. 

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at 
them with a swift arrow, that they 
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8 Yea, their own tongues shall 
make them fall; insomuch that 
whoso seeth them, shall laugh them 
to scorn. 

9 And all men that see it shall 
say, This hath God done; for they 
shall perceive that it is his work. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice in 
the Lord, and put his trust in him ; 
and ail they that are true of heart 
shall be glad. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus. 
FinilOU, O God, art praised in 
JL Sion ; and unto thee shall the 
vow be performed in Jerusalem. 

2 Thou that hearest the prayer, 
unto thee shall all flesh come. 

3 My misdeeds prevail against me: 
A be thou merciful unto our sins. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou 
choosest, and receivest unto thee: he 
shall dwell in thy court, and shall be 
satisfied with the pleasures of thy 
house, even of thy holy temple. 

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful 
things in thy righteousness, O God 
of our salvation; thou that art the 
hope of all the ends of the earth, and 
of them that remain in the broad sea. 

6 Who in his strength setteth fast 
the mountains, and is girded about 
with power. 

7 Who stilleth the raging of the 
sea, and the noise of his waves, and 
the madness of the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the ut¬ 
termost parts of the earth shall be 
afraid at thy tokens, thou that 
makest the out-goings of the morn¬ 
ing and evening to praise thee. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and 
blessest it; thou makest it very 
plenteous. 

10 The river of God is full of 
water: thou preparest their corn, for 
so thou providest for the earth. 

11 Thou waterest her furrows; 


thou sendest rain into the little val¬ 
leys thereof; thou makest it soft 
with the drops of rain, and blessest 
the increase of it. 

12 Thou crownest the year with 
thy goodness ; and thy clouds drop 
fatness. 

13 They shall drop upon the 
dwellings of the wilderness; and the 
little hills shall rejoice on every side. 

14 The folds shall be full of sheep; 
the valleys also shall stand so thick 
with corn, that they shall laugh and 
sing. 

Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo. 

BE joyful in God, all ye lands; 
sing praises unto the honour of 
his Name; make his praise to be 
glorious. 

2 Say unto God, O how wonder¬ 
ful art thou in thy works; through 
the greatness of thy power shall thine 
enemies be found liars unto thee. 

3 For all the world shall worship 
thee, sing of thee, and praise thy 
Name. 

4 O come hither, and behold the 
works of God; how wonderful he is 
in his doing towards the children of 
men. 

5 He turned the sea into dry land, 
so that they went through the water 
on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. 

6 He ruleth with his power for 
ever; his eyes behold the people: 
and such as will not believe shall 
not be able to exalt themselves. 

7 O praise our God, ye people, 
and make the voice of his praise to 
be heard; 

8 Who holdeth our soul in life; 
and suffereth not our feet to slip. 

9 For thou, O God, hast proved 
us; thou also hast tried us, like as 
silver is tried. 

10 Thou broughtest us into the 
snare; andlaidesttrouble upon our 
loins. 

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over our heads; we went through 
fire and water, and thou broughtest 
us out into a wealthy place. 

12 I will go into thine house with 
burnt-offerings: and will pay thee 
my vows, which I promised with my 
lips, and spake with my mouth, 
when I was in trouble. 

13 1 will offer unto thee fat burnt- 
sacrifices, with the incense of rams ; 
l will offer bullocks and goats. 

14 O come hither, and hearken, 
all ye that fear God; and I will tell 
you what he hath done for my 
soul. 

15 I called unto him with my 
mouth, and gave him praises with 
my tongue. 

16 If I incline unto wickedness 
with mine heart, the Lord will not 
hear me. 

17 But God hath heard me; and 
considered the voice of my prayer. 

18 Praised be God, who hath not 
cast out my prayer, nor turned his 
mercy from me. 

Psalm 67. Deus miser eatur. 

G OD be merciful unto us, and 
bless us, and show us the light 
of his countenance, and be merciful 
unto us; 

2 That thy way may be known 
upon earth, thy saving health among 
all nations. 

3 Let the people praise thee, O 
God; yea, let all the people praise 
thee. 

4 O let the nations rejoice and 
be glad; for thou shalt judge the 
folk righteously, and govern the na¬ 
tions upon earih. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O 
God; yea, let all the people praise 
thee. 

6 Then shall the earth bring forth 
her increase; and God, even our own 
God, shall give us his blessing. 

7 God shall bless us; and all the 
ends of the world shall fear him. 


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THE THIRTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 68. Exurgat Deus. 

ET God arise, and let his ene¬ 
mies be scattered; let them also 
that hate him flee before him. 

2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so 
shalt thou drive them away; and like 
as wax melteth at the fire, so let the 
ungodly perish at the presence of God. 

3 But let the righteous be glad, 
and rejoice before God ; let them 
also be merry and joyful. 

4 O sing unto God, and sing 
praises unto his Name ; magnify 
him that rideth upon the heavens, 
as it were upon an horse; praise 
him in his name JAH, and rejoice 
before him. 

5 He is a father of the fatherless, 
and defendeth the cause of the 
widows; even God in his holy habi- 
tation. 

6 He is the God that maketh men 
to be of one mind in an house, and 
bringeth the prisoners out of capti¬ 
vity ; but letteth the runagates con¬ 
tinue in scarceness. 

7 O God, when thou wentest forth 
before the people; when thou went¬ 
est through the wilderness, 

8 The earth shook, and the hea¬ 
vens dropped at the presence of God; 
even as Sinai also was moved at the 
presence of God, who is the God of 
Israel. 

9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious 
rain upon thine inheritance, and re- 
freshedst it when it was weary. 

10 Thy congregation shall dwell 
therein; for thou, O God, hast of thy 
goodness prepared for the poor. 

11 The Lord gave the word; great 
was the company of the preachers. 

12 Kings with their armies did 
flee, and were discomfited, and they 
of the household divided the spoil. 

13 Though ye have lain among 
the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings 




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of a dove that is covered with silver 
wings, and her feathers like gold. 

14 When the Almighty scattered 
kings for their sake, then were they 
as white as snow in Salmon. 

15 As the hill of Basan, so is God’s 
hill; even an high hill, as the hill 
of Basan. 

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? 
this is God’s hill, in the which it 
pleaseth him to dwell; yea, the 
Lord will abide in it for ever. 

17 The chariots of God are twenty 
thousand, even thousands of angels; 
and the Lord is among them as in 
the holy place of Sinai. 

18 Thou art gone up on high, 
thou hast led captivity captive, and 
received gifts for men; yea, even for 
thine enemies, that the Lord God 
might dwell among them. 

19 Praised be the Lord daily, 
even the God who helpeth us, and 
pouretli his benefits upon us. 

20 He is our God, even the God 
of whom cometh salvation : God is 
the Lord, by whom we escape death. 

21 God shall wound the head of 
his enemies, and the hairy scalp of 
such a one as goeth on still in his 
wickedness. 

22 The Lord h ath said, I will bring 
my people again, as I did from Basan; 
mine own will I bring again, as 1 did 
sometime from the deep of the sea. 

23 That thy foot may be dipped 
in the blood of thine enemies, and 
that the tongue of thy dogs may be 
red through the same. 

24 It is well seen, O God, how 
thou goest; how thou, my God and 
King, goest in the sanctuary. 

25 The singers go'before, the min¬ 
strels follow after, in the midst are the 
damsels playing with the timbrels. 

26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto 
God the Lord, in the congregations, 
from the ground of the heart. 

27 There is little Benjamin their 
ruler, and the princes of Judah their 


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council; the princes of Zabulon, and 
the princes of Nephtali. 

28 Thy God hath sent forth 
strength for thee; stablisli the thing, 
O God, that thou hast wrought in us, 

29 For thy temple’s sake at Jeru¬ 
salem ; so shall kings bring presents 
unto thee. 

30 When the company of the 
spear-men, and multitude of the 
mighty are scattered abroad among 
the beasts of the people, so that they 
humbly bring pieces of silver; and 
when he hath scattered the people 
that delight in war ; 

31 Then shall the princes come 
out of Egypt; the Morians’ land 
shall soon stretch out her hands 
unto God. 

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms 
of the earth; O sing praises unto the 
Lord; 

33 Who sitteth in the heavens 
over all, from the beginning: Lo, 
he doth send out his voice; yea, and 
that a mighty voice. 

34 Ascribe ye the power to God 
over Israel; his worship and strength 
is in the clouds. 

35 O God, wonderful art thou in 
thy holy places: even the God of Is¬ 
rael, he will give strength and power 
unto his people. Blessed be God. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 69. Salvum mefac. 

Cl AVE me, O God; for the waters 
k3 are come in, even unto my soul. 

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, 
where no ground is; I am come into 
deep waters, so that the floods run 
over me. 

3 I am weary of crying; my 
throat is dry; my sight faileth me 
for waiting so long upon my God. 

4 They that hate me without a 
cause are more than the hairs of my 
head; they that are mine enemies, 
and would destroy me guiltless, are 
mighty. 


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5 I paid them the things that I 
never took : God, thou knowest my 
simpleness, and my faults are not 
hid from thee. 

6 Let not them that trust in thee, 
O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed 
for my cause; let not those that 
seek thee be confounded through 
me, O Lord God of Israel. 

7 And why ? for thy sake have I 
suffered reproof; shame hath cover¬ 
ed my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto 
my brethren, even an alien unto my 
mother’s children. 

9 For the zeal of thine house 
hath even eaten me; and the re¬ 
bukes of them that rebuked thee 
are fallen upon me. 

10 I wept, and chastened myself 
with fasting, and that was turned 
to my reproof. 

11 I put on sackcloth also, and 
they jested upon me. 

12 They that sit in the gate speak 
against me, and the drunkards make 
songs upon me. 

13 But, Lord, I make my prayer 
unto thee in an acceptable time. 

14 Hear me, O God, in the mul¬ 
titude of thy mercy, even in the 
truth of thy salvation. 

15 Take me out of the mire, that 
I sink not; O let me be delivered 
from them that hate me, and out of 
the deep waters. 

16 Let not the water-flood drown 
me, neither let the deep swallow me 
up; and let not the pit shut her 
mouth upon me. 

17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy 
loving-kindness is comfortable; turn 
thee unto me according to the mul¬ 
titude of thy mercies: 

18 And hide not thy face from 
thy servant; for I am in trouble: 
O haste thee, and hear me. 

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and 
save it; O deliver me, because of 
mine enemies. 


[Day 13. 

20 Thou hast known my re¬ 
proof, my shame, and my dishon¬ 
our : mine adversaries are all in thy 
sight. 

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my 
heart; I am full of heaviness: I 
looked for some to have pity on me, 
but there was no man, neither found 
I any to comfort me." 

22 They gave me gall to eat; 
and when I was thirsty they gave 
me vinegar to drink. 

23 Let their table be made a snare 
to take themselves withal; and let 
the things that should have been for 
their wealth be unto them an occa¬ 
sion of falling. 

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that 
they see not; and ever bow thou 
down their backs. 

25 Pour out thine indignation 
upon them, and let thy wrathful 
displeasure take hold of them. 

26 Let their habitation be void, 
and no man to dwell in their tents. 

27 For they persecute him whom 
thou hast smitten ; and they talk 
how they may vex them whom 
thou hast wounded. 

28 Let them fall from one wick¬ 
edness to another, and not come into 
thy righteousness. 

29 Let them be wiped out of the 
book of the living, and not be writ¬ 
ten among the righteous. 

30 As for me, when I am poor 
and in heaviness, thy help, O God, 
shall lift me up. 

31 I will praise the Name of God 
with a song, and magnify it with 
thanksgiving. 

32 This also shall please the 
Lord better than a bullock that 
hath horns and hoofs. 

33 The humble shall consider 
this, and be glad: seek ye after 
God, and your soul shall live. 

34 For the Lord heareth the poor 
and despiseth not his prisoners. 

35 Let heaven and earth praise 



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Day 14.] 

him: the sea, and all that moveth 
therein. 

36 For God will save Sion, and 
build the cities of Juda, that men 
may dwell there, and have it in pos¬ 
session. 

37 The posterity also of his ser¬ 
vants shall inherit it; and they that 
love his Name shall dwell therein. 

Psalm 70. Deus , in adjutorium. 
ASTE thee, O God, to deliver 
me; make haste to help me, 
O Lord. 

2 Let them be ashamed and con¬ 
founded that seek after my soul; 
let them be turned backward and 
put to confusion that wish me evil. 

3 Let them for their reward be 
soon brought to shame, that cry over 
me, There! there! 

4 But let all those that seek thee 
be joyful and glad in thee: and let 
all such as delight in thy salvation 
say alway, The Lord be praised. 

5 As for me, I am poor and in 
misery: haste thee unto me, O God. 

6 Thou art my helper, and my 
redeemer: O Lord, make no long 
tarrying. 


THE FOURTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 71. In te, Domine , speravi. 
N thee, O Lord, have I put my 
trust; let me never be put to 
confusion, but rid me, and deliver 
me, in thy righteousness; incline 
thine ear unto me, and save me. 

2 Be thou my strong hold, where- 
unto I may alway resort: thou hast 
promised to help me, for thou art my 
house of defence, and my castle. 

3 Deliver me, O my God, out of 
the hand of the ungodly, out of the 
hand of the unrighteous and cruel 
man. 

4 For thou, O Lord God, art the 
thing that I long for: thou art my 
hope, even from my youth. 


5 Through thee have I been 
holden up ever since I was born: 
thou art he that took me out of my 
mother’s womb: my praise shall be 
always of thee. 

6 I am become as it were a mon¬ 
ster unto many, but my sure trust 
is in thee. 

7 O let my mouth be filled with 
thy praise, that I may sing of thy 
glory and honour all the day long. 

8 Cast me not away in the time 
of age; forsake me not when my 
strength faileth me. 

9 For mine enemies speak against 
me; and they that lay wait for my 
soul take their counsel together, say¬ 
ing, God hath farsaken him; perse¬ 
cute him, and take him, for there 
is none to deliver him. 

10 Go not far from me, O God; 
my God, haste thee to help me. 

11 Let them be confounded and 
perish that are against my soul; let 
them be covered with shame and 
dishonour that seek to do me evil. 

12 As for me, I will patiently 
abide alway, and will praise thee 
more and more. 

13 My mouth shall daily speak of 
thy righteousness and salvation; for 
I know no end thereof. 

14 I will go forth in the strength 
of the Lord God, and will make 
mention of thy righteousness only. 

15 Thou, O God, hast taught me 
from my youth up until now; there¬ 
fore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 

16 Forsake me not, O God, in 
mine old age, when I am gray-head¬ 
ed, until I have showed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power 
to all them that are yet for to come. 

17 Thy righteousness, O God, is 
very high, and great things are they 
that thou hast done: O God, who is 
like unto thee! 

18 0 what great troubles and ad¬ 
versities hast thou showed me! and 
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yea, and broughtest me from tlie 
deep of the earth again. 

19 Thou hast brought me to 
great honour, and comforted me on 
every side: 

20 Therefore will I praise thee, 
and thy faithfulness, O God, playing 
upon an instrument of music: unto 
thee will I sing upon the harp, O 
thou Holy One of Israel. 

21 My lips will be fain when I sing 
unto thee; and so will my soul 
whom thou hast delivered. 

22 My tongue also shall talk of 
thy righteousness all the day long; 
for they are confounded and brought 
unto shame that seek to do me evil. 

' Psalm 72. Deus , judicium. 

I YE the King thy judgments, 
O God, and thy righteousness 
unto the King’s son. 

2 Then shall he judge thy peo¬ 
ple according unto right, and defend 
the poor. 

3 The mountains also shall bring 
peace, and the little hills righteous¬ 
ness unto the people. 

4 He shall keep the simple folk 
by their right, defend the children of 
the poor, and punish the wrong doer. 

5 They shall fear thee, as long as 
the sun and moon enduretli, from 
one generation to another. 

6 He shall come down like the 
rain into a fleece of wool, even as the 
drops that water the earth. 

7 in his time shall the righteous 
flourish; yea, and abundance of 
peace, so long as the moon endureth. 

8 His dominion shall be also from 
the one sea to the other, and from 
the flood unto the world’s end. 

9 They that dwell in the wilder¬ 
ness shall kneel before him; his ene¬ 
mies shall lick the dust. 

10 The kings of Tharsis and of 
t he isles shall give presents ; the 
kings of Arabia and Saba shall 
bring gifts. 


[Day 14. 

11 All kings shall fall down be¬ 
fore him; all nations shall do him 
service. 

12 For he shall deliver the poor 
when he crieth ; the needy also, and 
him that hath no helper. 

13 He shall be favourable to the 
simple and needy, and shall pre¬ 
serve the souls of the poor. 

14 He shall deliver their souls 
from falsehood and wrong; and dear 
shall their blood be in his sight. 

15 He shall liye, and unto him 
shall be given of the gold of Arabia; 
prayer shall be made ever unto him, 
and daily shall he be praised. 

16 There shall be an heap of 
corn in the earth, high upon the 
hills; his fruit shall shake like Liba- 
nus, and shall be green in the city 
like grass upon the earth. 

17 His Name shall endure for 
ever; his Name shall remain under 
the sun amongst the posterities, 
which shall be blessed through him ; 
and all the heathen shall praise him. 

18 Blessed be the Lord God, even 
the God of Israel, which only doeth 
wondrous things; 

19 And blessed be the Name of 
his Majesty for ever : and all the 
earth shall be filled with his Majes¬ 
ty. Amen, Amen. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel! 
RULY God is loving unto Is¬ 
rael : even unto such as are of 
a clean heart. 

2 Nevertheless, my feet were al¬ 
most gone, my treadings had well- 
nigh slipt. 

3 And why? I was grieved at 
the wicked : I do also see the un¬ 
godly in such prosperity. 

4 For they are in no peril of 
death ; but are lusty and strong. 

5 They come in no misfortune 
like other folk ; neither are they 
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6|And this is the cause that they 
are so holden with pride, and over¬ 
whelmed with cruelty. 

7 Their eyes swell with fatness, 
and they do even what they lust. 

8 They corrupt other, and speak 
of wicked blasphemy; their talking 
is against the Most High. 

9 For they stretch forth their 
mouth unto the heaven, and their 
tongue goeth through the world. 

10 Therefore fall the people unto 
them, and thereout suck they no 
small advantage. 

11 Tush, say they, how should 
God perceive it I is there knowledge 
in the Most High ? 

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, 
these prosper in the world, and these 
have riches in possession: and I said, 
Then have I cleansed my heart in 
vain, and washed mine hands in 
innocency. 

13 All the day long have I been 
punished, and chastened every morn¬ 
ing. 

14 Yea, and I had almost said 
even as they; but lo, then I should 
have condemned the generation of 
thy children. 

15 Then thought I to understand 
this ; but it was too hard for me, 

lG^ntil I went into the sanctuary 
of Goa : then understood I the end 
of these men; 

17 Namely, how thou dost set 
them in slippery places, and castest 
them down, and destroyest them. 

18 O how suddenly do they con¬ 
sume, perish, and come to a fearful 
end ! 

19 Yea, even like as a dream 
when one awaketh; so shalt thou 
make their image to vanish out of 
the city. 

20 Thus my heart was grieved, 
and it went even through my 
reins. 

21 So foolish was I, and ignorant, 
even as it were a beast before thee. 


22 Nevertheless, I am alway by 
thee : for thou hast holden me by 
my right hand. 

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy 
counsel, and after that receive me 
with glory. 

24 Whom have I in heaven but 
thee ? and there is none upon earth 
that I desire in comparison of thee. 

25 My flesh and my heart fail- 
eth ; but God is the strength of my 
heart, and my portion for ever. 

26^For lo, they that forsake thee 
shall perish ; thou hast destroyed all 
them that commit fornication against 
thee. 

27 But it is good for me to hold 
me fast by God, to put my trust in 
the Lord God, and to speak of all 
thy works in the gates of the daugh¬ 
ter of Sion. 

Psalm 74. Ut quid , Deus ? 
GOD, wherefore art thou ab¬ 
sent from us so long ? why is 
thy wrath so hot against the sheep 
of thy pasture ? 

2 O think upon thy congregation, 
whom thou hast purchased, and re¬ 
deemed of old. 

3 Think upon the tribe of thine 
inheritance, and mount Sion, where¬ 
in thou hast dwelt. 

4 Lift up thy feet, that thou may est 
utterly destroy every enemy which 
hath done evil in thy sanctuary. 

5 Thine adversaries roar in the 
midst of thy congregations, and set 
up their banners for tokens. 

6/Ie that hewed timber afore out 
of the thick trees, was known to 
bring it to an excellent work. 

7 But now they break down all 
the carved work thereof with axes 
and hammers. 

8 They have set fire upon thy 
holy places, and have defiled the' 
dwelling-place of thy Name, even 
unto the ground. 

9 Yea, they said in their hearts, 





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Let us make havoc of them alto¬ 
gether : thus have they burnt up 
all the houses of God in the land. 

10 We see not our tokens; there 
is not one prophet more; no, not one 
is there among us, that understand- 
eth any more. 

11 O God, how long shall the ad¬ 
versary do this dishonour? how long 
shall the enemy blaspheme thy 
Name? for ever ? 

12 Why withdrawest thou thy 
hand? why pluckest thou not thy 
right hand out of thy bosom to con¬ 
sume the enemy? 

13 For God is my King of old; 
the help that is done upon earth, he 
doeth it himself. 

14 Thou didst divide the sea 
through thy power; thou breakest 
the heads of the dragons in the 
waters. 

15 Thou smotest the heads of le¬ 
viathan in pieces, and gavest him to 
be meat for the people in the wilder¬ 
ness. 

16 Thou broughtest out fountains 
and waters out of the hard rocks; 
thou driedst up mighty waters. 

17 The day is thine, and the night 
is thine; thou hast prepared the light 
and the sun. 

18 Thou hast set all the borders 
of the earth ; thou hast made sum¬ 
mer and winter. 

19 Remember this, O Lord, how 
the enemy hath rebuked; and how 
the foolish people hath blasphemed 
thy Name. 

20 O deliver not the soul of thy 
turtle-dove unto the multitude of the 
enemies; and forget not the congre¬ 
gation of the poor for ever. 

21 Look upon the covenant; for 
all the earth is full of darkness, and 
cruel habitations. 

22 O let not the simple go away 
ashamed; but let the poor and needy 
;give praise unto thy Name. 

23 Arise, O God, maintain thine 


[Day 15. 

own cause; remember how the fool¬ 
ish man blasphemeth thee daily. 

24 Forget not the voice of thine 
enemies: the presumption of them 
that hate thee increaseth ever more 
and more. 


THE FIFTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 75. Conjitebimur tibi. 
NTO thee, O God, do we give 
thanks; yea, unto thee do we 
give thanks. 

2 Thy Name also is so nigh ; and 
that do thy wondrous works declare. 

3 When I receive the congregation, 
I shall judge according unto right. 

4 The earth is weak, and all the 
inhabiters thereof: I bear up the pil¬ 
lars of it. 

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not 
so madly; and to the ungodly, Set 
not up your horn. 

6 Set not up your horn on high, 
and speak not with a stiff neck. 

7 For promotion cometh neither 
from the east, nor from the west, nor 
yet from the south. 

8 And why ? God is the Judge; 
he putt&th down one, and setteth up 
another. 

9 For in the hand of the Lord 
there is a cup, and the wine is red; 
it is full mixt, and he poureth out 
of the same. 

10 As for the dregs thereof, all the 
ungodly of the earth shall drink 
them, and suck them out. 

11 But I will talk of the God of 
Jacob, and praise him for ever. 

12 All the horns of the ungodly 
also will I break, and the horns of 
the righteous shall be exalted. 

Psalm 76. Notus in Judcea. 

N Jewry is God known; his Name 
is great in Israel. 

2 At Salem is his tabernacle, and 
his dwelling in Sion. 






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Day 15.] 

3 There brake he the arrows of 
the bow, the shield, the sword, and 
the battle. 

4 Thou art of more honour and 
might than the hills of the robbers. 

5 The proud are robbed; they 
have slept their sleep; and all the 
men whose hands were mighty 
have found nothing. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, 
both the chariot and horse are fallen. 

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; 
and who may stand in thy sight 
when thou art angry 1 

8 Thou didst cause thy judgment 
to be heard from heaven; the earth 
trembled, and was still, 

9 W hen God arose to judgment, 
and to help all the meek upon earth. 

10 The fierceness of man shall 
turn to thy praise; and the fierceness 
of them shalt thou refrain. 

11 Promise unto the Lord your 
God, and keep it, all ye that are 
round about him; bring presents 
unto him that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall refrain the spirit of 
princes, and is wonderful among the 
kings of the earth. 

Psalm 77. Voce mea ad Dominum. 

WILL cry unto God with my 
voice; even unto God will I cry 
with my voice, and he shall hearken 
unto me. 

2 In the time of my trouble I 
sought the Lord: my sore ran, and 
ceased not in the night-season; my 
soul refused comfort. 

3 When I am in heaviness, I will 
think upon God; when my heart is 
vexed, I will complain. 

4 Thouholdest mine eyes waking: 
I am so feeble that I cannot speak. 

5 I have considered the days of 
old, and the years that are past. 

6 I call to remembrance my song, 
and in the night I commune with 
mine own heart, and search out my 
spirit. 


7 Will the Lord absent himself 
for evei? and will he be no more 
intreated ? 

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? 
and is his promise come utterly to 
an end for evermore ? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gra¬ 
cious? and will he shut up his loving¬ 
kindness in displeasure? 

10 And I said, It is mine own in¬ 
firmity; but I will remember the 
years of the right hand of the Most 
Highest. 

Ill will remember the works of 
the Lord, and call to mind the won¬ 
ders of old time. 

12 I will think also of all thy 
works, and my talking shall be of 
thy doings. 

13 Thy way, O God, is holy: 
who is so great a God as our God ? 

14 Thou art the God that doest 
wonders, and hast declared thy power 
among the people. 

15 Thou hast mightily delivered 
thy people, even the sons of Jacob 
and Joseph. 

16 The waters saw thee, O God, 
the waters saw thee, and were afraid; 
the depths also were troubled. 

17 The clouds poured out water, 
the air thundered, and thine arrows 
went abroad. 

18 The voice of thy thunder was 
heard round about: the lightnings 
shone upon the ground; the earth 
was moved, and shook withal. 

19 Thy way is in the sea, and 
thy paths in the great waters, and 
thy footsteps are not known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people like 
sheep, by the hand of Moses and 
Aaron. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 78. Attendite popule. 
EAR my law, O my people; 
incline your ears unto the 
words of my mouth. 

2 I will open my mouth in a 




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parable; I will declare hard sen¬ 
tences of old; 

3 Which we have heard and 
known, and such as our fathers 
have told us; 

4 That we should not hide them 
from the children of the generations 
to come; but to show the honour of 
the Lord, his mighty and wonderful 
works that he hath done. 

5 He made a covenant with Ja¬ 
cob, and gave Israel a law, which 
he commanded our forefathers to 
teach their children; 

6 That their posterity might 
know it, and the children which 
were yet unborn; 

7 To the intent that when they 
came up, they might show their 
children the same; 

8 That they might put their trust 
in God ; and not to forget the works 
of God, but to keep his command¬ 
ments ; 

9 And not to be as their forefa¬ 
thers, a faithless and stubborn gen¬ 
eration ; a generation that set not 
their heart aright, and whose spirit 
cleaveth not steadfastly unto God ; 

10 Like as the children of Eph¬ 
raim ; who being harnessed, and 
carrying bows, turned themselves 
back in the day of battle. 

11 They kept not the covenant 
of God, and would not walk in his 
law; 

12 But forgat what he had done, 
and the wonderful works that he 
had showed for them. 

13 Marvellous things did he in 
the sight of our forefathers, in the 
land of Egypt, even in the field of 
Zoan. 

14 He divided the sea, and let 
them go through; he made the wa¬ 
ters to stand on an heap. 

15 In the day-time also he led 
them with a cloud, and all the night 
through with a light of fire. 

16 He clave the hard rocks in 


[Day 15. 

the wilderness, and gave them drink 
thereof, as it had been out of the 
great depth. 

17 He brought waters out of the 
stony rock, so that it gushed out like 
the rivers. 

18 Yet for all this they sinned 
more against him, and provoked the 
Most Highest in the wilderness. 

19 They tempted God in their 
hearts, and required meat for their 
lust. 

20 They spake against God also, 
saying, Shall God prepare a table 
in the wilderness ? 

21 He smote the stony rock in¬ 
deed, that the water gushed out, and 
the streams flowed withal; but can 
he give bread also, or provide flesh 
for his people ? 

22 When the Lord heard this, 
he was wroth; so the fire was kin¬ 
dled in Jacob, and there came up 
heavy displeasure against Israel; 

23 Because they believed not in 
God, and put not their trust in his 
help. 

24 So he commanded the clouds 
abotfe, and opened the doors of 
heaven. 

25 Efe rained down manna also 
upon them for to eat, and gave them 
food from heaven. 

26 So man did eat angel’s food; 
for he sent them meat enough. 

27 He caused the east-wind to 
blow under heaven; and through 
his powei he brought in the south¬ 
west-wind. 

28 He rained flesh upon them as 
thick as dust, and feathered fowls 
like as the sand of the sea. 

29 He let it fall among their tents, 
even round about their habitation. 

30 So they did eat,and were well 
filled ; for he gave them their own 
desire: they were not disappointed 
of their lust. 

31 But while the meat was yet 
in their mouths, the heavy wrath of 



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God came upon them, and slew the 
wealthiest of them; yea, and smote 
down the chosen men that were in 
Israel. 

32 But for all this they sinned 
yet more, and believed not his won¬ 
drous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he 
consume' in vanity, and their years 
ill trouble. 

34 When he slew them, they 
sought him, and turned them early, 
and inquired after God. 

35 And they remembered that 
God was their strength, and that 
the high God was their redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless, they did but 
flatter him with their mouth, and 
dissembled with him in their tongue. 

37 For their heart was not whole 
with him, neither continued they 
steadfast in his covenant. 

38 But he was so merciful, that 
he forgave their misdeeds, and des¬ 
troyed them not. 

39 Yea, many a time turned he 
his wrath away, and would not suf¬ 
fer his whole displeasure to arise. 

40 For he considered that they 
were but flesh, and that they were 
even a wind that passeth away, and 
cometh not again. 

41 Many a time did they provoke 
him in the wilderness, and grieved 
him in the desert. 

42 They turned back, and tempt¬ 
ed God, and moved the Holy One 
in Israel. 

43 They thought not of his hand, 
and of the day when he delivered 
them from the hand of the enemy; 

44 How he had wrought his mira¬ 
cles in Egypt, and his wonders in 
the field of Zoan. 

45 He turned their waters into 
blood, so that they might not drink 
of the rivers. 

46 He sent lice among them, and 
devoured them up; and frogs to de¬ 
stroy them. 

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47 He gave their fruit unto the 
caterpillar, and their labour unto the 
grasshopper. 

48 He destroyed their vines with 
hailstones, and their mulberry-trees 
with the frost. 

49 He smote their cattle also with 
hailstones, and their flocks with hot 
thunderbolts. 

50 He cast upon them the furi¬ 
ousness of his wrath, anger, displea¬ 
sure, and trouble: and sent evil 
angels among them. 

51 He made a way to his indig¬ 
nation, and spared not their soul 
from death; but gave their life over 
to the pestilence; 

52 And smote all the first-born 
in Egypt, the most principal and 
mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 

53 But as for his own people, he 
led them forth like sheep, and carried 
them in the wilderness like a flock. 

54 He brought them out safely, 
that they should not fear, and over¬ 
whelmed their enemies with the sea. 

55 And brought them within the 
bSrders of his sanctuary, even to 
his mountain, which he purchased 
with his right hand. 

56 He cast out the heathen also 
before them, caused their land to be 
divided among them for an heritage, 
and made the tribes of Israel to 
dwell in their tents. 

57 So they tempted and displeased 
the most high God, and kept not 
his testimonies; 

58 But turned their backs, and 
fell away like their forefathers; start¬ 
ing aside like a broken bow. 

59 For they grieved him with 
their hill-altars, and provoked him 
to displeasure with their images. 

60 When God heard this, he was 
wroth, and took sore displeasure at 
Israel; 

61 So that he forsook the taber¬ 
nacle in Silo, even the tent that he 
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62 He delivered their power into 
captivity, and their beauty into the 
enemies’ hand. 

63 He gave his people over also 
unto the sword, and was wroth with 
his inheritance. 

64 The fire consumed their young 
men, and their maidens were not 
given to marriage. 

65 Their priests were slain with 
the sword, and there were no widows 
to make lamentation. 

66 So the Lord awaked as one 
out of sleep, and like a giant re¬ 
freshed with wine. 

67 He smote his enemies in the 
hinder parts, and put them to a per¬ 
petual shame. 

68 He refused the tabernacle of 
Joseph, and chose not the tribe of 
Ephraim; 

69 But chose the tribe of Judah, 
even the hill of Sion which he loved. 

70 And there he built his temple 
on high, and laid the foundation of 
it like the ground which he hath 
made continually. 

71 He chose David also his ser¬ 
vant, and took him away from the 
sheep-folds: 

72 As he was following the ewes 
great with young ones he took him, 
that he might feed Jacob his people, 
and Israel his inheritance. 

73 So he fed them with a faithful 
and true heart, and ruled them pru¬ 
dently with all his power. 


THE SIXTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 79. Deus , verier wit. 
GOD, the heathen are come 
into thine inheritance; thy 
holy temple have they defiled, and 
made Jerusalem an heap of stones. 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants 
have they given to be meat unto the 
fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy 
saints unto the beasts of the land. 


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3 Their blood have they shed like 
water on every side of Jerusalem, 
and there was no man to bury them. 

4 We are become an open shame 
to our enemies, a very scorn and 
derision unto them that are round 
about us. 

5 Lord, how long wilt thou be 
angry ? shall thy jealousy burn like 
fire for ever ? 

6 Pour out thine indignation up¬ 
on the heathen that have not known 
thee; and upon the kingdoms that 
have not called upon thy Name. 

7 For they have devoured Jacob, 
and laid waste his dwelling-place. 

8 O remember not our old sins, 
but have mercy upon us, and that 
soon; for we are come to great misery. 

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, 
for the glory of thy Name: O deli¬ 
ver us, and be merciful unto our sins, 
for thy Name’s sake. 

10 Wherefore do the heathen say, 
Where is now their God ? 

11 O let the vengeance of thy ser¬ 
vants’ blood that is shed, be openly 
showed upon the heathen, in our 
sight. 

12 O let the sorrowful sighing of 
the prisoners come before thee; ac¬ 
cording to the greatness of thy power, 
preserve thou those that are appoint¬ 
ed to die. 

13 And for the blasphemy where¬ 
with our neighbours have blas¬ 
phemed thee, reward thou them, O 
Lord, seven-fold into their bosom. 

14 So we,that are thy people, and 
sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee 
thanks for ever, and will alway be 
showing forth thy praise from gene 
ration to generation. 

Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel. 
EAR, O thou Shepherd of Is¬ 
rael, thou that leadest Joseph 
like a sheep; show thyself also, thou 
that sittest. upon the cherubim. 

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Manasses, stir up thy strength, and 
come,and help us. 

3 Turn us again, O God; show 
the light of thy countenance, and 
we shall be whole. 

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long 
wilt thou be angry with thy people 
that prayeth ? 

5 Thou feedest them with the 
bread of tears, and givest them plen¬ 
teousness of tears to drink. 

6 Thou hast made us a very strife 
unto our neighbours, and our ene¬ 
mies laugh us to scorn. 

7 Turn us again, thou God of 
hosts; show the light of thy coun¬ 
tenance, and we shall be whole. 

8 Thou hast brought a vine out 
of Egypt; thou hast cast out the 
heathen, and planted it. 

9 Thou madest room for it; and 
when it had taken root, it filled the 
land. 

10 The hills were covered with 
the shadow of it, and the boughs 
thereof were like the goodly cedar- 
trees. 

11 She stretched out her branches 
unto the sea, and her boughs unto 
the river. 

12 Why hast thou then broken 
down her hedge, that all they that 
go by pluck off her grapes ? 

13 The wild boar out of the wood 
doth root it up, and the wild beasts 
of the field devour it. 

14 Turn thee again, thou God of 
hosts, look down from heaven, be¬ 
hold, and visit this vine; 

15 And the place of the vineyard 
that thv right hand hath planted, 
and the branch that thou madest so 
strong for thyself. 

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut 
down ; and they shall perish at the 
rebuke of thy countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the man 
of thy right hand, and upon the son 
of man, whom thou madest so strong 
for thine own self. 


18 And so will not we go back 
from thee: O let us live, and we 
shall call upon thy Name. 

19 Turn us again, O Lord God of 
hosts; show the light of thy counte¬ 
nance, and we shall be whole. 

Psalm 81. Exult ate Deo. 

ING we merrily unto God our 
strength; make a cheerful noise 
unto the God of Jacob. 

2 Take the psalm, bring hither the 
tablet, the merry harp with the lute. 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new- 
moon, even in the time appointed, 
and upon our solemn feast-day. 

4 For this was made a statute for 
Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for 
a testimony, when he came out of 
the land of Egypt, and had heard a 
strange language. 

6 I eased his shoulder from the 
burden, and his hands were deli¬ 
vered from making the pots. 

7 Thou calledst upon me in trou¬ 
bles, and I delivered thee;and heard 
thee what time as the storm fell 
upon thee. 

8 I proved thee also at the waters 
of strife. 

9 Hear, O my people; and I will 
assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt 
hearken unto me, 

10 There shall no strange god be 
in thee, neither shalt thou worship 
any other god. 

Ill am the Lord thy God, who 
brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and 
I shall fill it. 

12 But my people would not hear 
my voice; and Israel would not 
obey me: 

13 So I gave them up unto their 
own hearts’ lusts, and let them fol¬ 
low their own imaginations. 

14 O that my people would have 
hearkened unto me! for if Israel 
had walked in my ways, 




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15 I should soon have put down ' 
their enemies, and turned my hand j 
against their adversaries. 

16 The haters of theLoRD should 
have been found liars ; but their 
time should have endured for ever. 

17 He should have fed them also 
with the finest wheat-flour; and 
with honey out of the stony rock 
should I have satisfied thee. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 82. Deas stetit. 

OD standeth in the congrega¬ 
tion of princes; he is a Judge 
among gods. 

2 How long will ye give wrong 
judgment, and accept the persons of 
the ungodly ? 

3 Defend the poor and fatherless; 
see that such as are in need and 
necessity have right. 

4 Deliver the outcast and poor; 
save them from the hand of the un¬ 
godly. 

5 They will not be learned, nor 
understand, but walk on still in 
darkness : all the foundations of the 
earth are out of course. 

6 I have said, Ye are gods, and 
ye are all the children of the Most 
Highest. 

7 But ye shall die like men, and 
fall like one of the princes. 

8 Arise, O God, and judge thou 
the earth; for thou shalt take all 
heathen to thine inheritance. 

Psalm 83. Dens, quis similis ? 
OLD not thy tongue, O God, 
keep not still silence: refrain 
not thyself, O God. 

2 For lo, thine enemies make a 
murmuring; and they that hate 
thee have lift up their head. 

3 They have imagined craftily 
against thy people, and taken coun¬ 
sel against thy secret ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and let 
us root them out, that they be no 


[Day 16. 

more a people, and that the name 
of Israel may be no more in remem¬ 
brance. 

5 For they have cast their heads 
together with one consent, and are 
confederate against thee; 

6 The tabernacles of the Edom¬ 
ites, and the Ishmaelites; the Moab¬ 
ites, and Hagarenes; 

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Ama- 
lek ; the Philistines, with them that 
dwell at Tyre. 

8 Assur also is joined with them, 
and have holpen the children of Lot. 

9 But do thou to them as unto the 
Midianites ; unto Sisera, and unto 
Jabin at the brook of Kison ; 

10 Who perished at Endor, and 
became as the dung of the earth. 

11 Make them and their princes 
like Oreb and Zeb; yea, make all 
their princes like as Zeba and Sal¬ 
ma na ; 

12 Who say, Let us take to our¬ 
selves the houses of God in possession. 

13 O my God, make them like 
unto a wheel, and as the stubble 
before the wind; 

14 Like as the fire that burneth 
up the wood, and as the flame that 
consumeth the mountains. 

15 Persecute them even so with 
thy tempest, and make them afraid 
with thy storm. 

16 Make their faces ashamed, O 
Lord, that they may seek thy Name. 

17 Let them be confounded and 
vexed ever more and more; let them 
be put to shame, and perish. 

18 And they shall know that thou, 
whose Name is Jehovah, art only 
the Most Highest over all the earth. 

Psalm 84. Quam dilecta! 
HOW amiable are thy dwell¬ 
ings, thou Lord of hosts! 

2 My soul hath a desire and 
longing to enter into the courts of 
theLoRD; my heart and my flesh 
rejoice in the living God. 


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Day 17.] 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found 
her an house, and the swallow a 
nest, where she may lay her young; 
even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my 
King and my God. 

4 Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house; they will be alway prais¬ 
ing thee. 

5 Blessed is the man whose 
strength is in thee; in whose heart 
are thy ways. 

6 Who going through the vale 
of misery use it for a well; and the 
pools are filled with water. 

7 They will go from strength to 
strength, and unto ihe God of gods 
appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my 
prayer ; hearken, O God of Jacob. 

9 Behold, O God our defender, 
and look upon the face of thine 
Anointed. 

10 For one day in thy courts is 
better than a thousand. 

11 I had rather be a door-keeper 
in the house of my God, than to 
dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

12 For the Lord God is a light 
and defence ; the Lord will give 
grace and worship; and no good 
thing shall he withhold from them 
that live a godly life. 

13 0 Lord God of hosts, blessed is 
the man that putteth his trust in thee. 

Psalm 85. Benedixisti , Domine. 
ORD, thou art become gracious 
unto thy land; thou hast turned 
away the captivity of Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence 
of thy people, and covered all their 
sins. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy 
displeasure, and turned thyself from 
thy wrathful indignation. 

4 Turn us then, O God our Sa¬ 
viour, and let thine anger cease 
from us. 

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us 
for ever ? and wilt thou stretch out 


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thy wrath from one generation to 
another ? 

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and 
quicken us, that thy people may re¬ 
joice in thee ? 

7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 
and grant us thy salvation. 

8 1 will hearken what the Lord 
God will say concerning me ; for he 
shall speak peace unto his people, 
and to his saints, that they turn not 
again. 

9 For his salvation is nigh them 
that fear him; that glory may dwell 
in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met toge¬ 
ther : righteousness and peace have 
kissed each other. 

11 Truth shall flourish out of the 
earth, and righteousness hath looked 
down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lord shall show lov¬ 
ing-kindness; and our land shall 
give her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go before 
him;and he shall direct his going in 
the way. 


THE SEVENTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 86. Inclina , Domine. 
OW down thine ear, OLord, 
and hear me; for I am poor, 
and in misery. 

2 Preserve thou my soul, for I 
am holy: my God, save thy servant 
that putteth his trust in thee. 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; 
for I will call daily upon thee. 

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; 
for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up 
my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good and 
gracious, and of great mercy unto 
all them that call upon thee. 

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, 
and ponder the voice of my humble 
desires. 

7 In the time of my trouble I 


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will call upon thee; for thou hearest 
me. 

8 Among the gods there is none 
like unto thee, O Lord ; there is not 
one that can do as thou doest. 

9 All nations whom thou hast 
made shall come and worship thee, 
O Lord; and shall glorify thyName. 

10 For thou art great, and doest 
wondrous things: thou art God 
alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, 
and I will walk in thy truth: O 
knit my heart unto thee, that I may 
fear thyName. 

12 I will thank thee, O Lord my 
God, with all my heart; and will 
praise thyName for evermore. 

13 For great is thy mercy toward 
me; and thou hast delivered my 
soul from the nethermost hell. 

14 O God, the proud are risen 
against me; and the congregations 
of naughty men have sought after 
my soul, and have not set thee be¬ 
fore their eyes. 

15 But thou, O Lord God, art 
full of compassion and mercy, long- 
suffering, plenteous in goodness and 
truth. 

16 O turn thee then unto me, 
and have mercy upon me; give thy 
strength unto thy servant, and help 
the son of thine handmaid. 

17 Show some token upon me 
for good; that they who hate me 
may see it, and be ashamed, because 
thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and 
comforted me. 

Psalm 87. Fundament a ejus. 
ER foundations are upon the 
holy hills: the Lord loveth 
the gates of Sion more than all the 
dwellings of Jacob. 

2 Very excellent things are spoken 
of thee, thou city of God. 

3 I will think upon Rahab and 
Babylon, with them that know me. 

4 Behold ye the Philistines also, 


[Day 17. 

and they of Tyre, with the Morians; 
lo, there was he born. 

5 And of Sion it shall be reported 
that he was born in her; and the 
Most High shall stablish her. 

6 The Lord, shall rehearse it, 
when he writeth up the people, that 
he was born there. 

7 The singers also and trumpeters 
shall he rehearse: All my fresh 
springs shall be in thee. 

Psalm 88. Dom,ine , Dens. 
LORD God of my salvation, 
I have cried day and night 
before thee: O let my prayer enter 
into thy presence, incline thine eai 
unto my calling; 

2 For my soul is full of trouble, 
and my life draweth nigh unto hell. 

3 I am counted as one of them 
that go down into the pit, and J 
have been even as a man that hath 
no strength. 

4 Free among the dead, like unto 
them that are wounded, and lie in 
the grave, who are out of remem¬ 
brance, and are cut away from thy 
hand. 

5 Thou hast laid me in the low¬ 
est pit, in a place of darkness, and 
in the deep. 

6 Thine indignation lieth hard 
upon me, and thou hast vexed me 
with all thy storms. 

7 Thou hast put away mine ac¬ 
quaintance far from me, and made 
me to be abhorred of them. 

8 I am so fast in prison that I 
cannot get forth. 

9 My sight faileth for very trou¬ 
ble ; Lord, I have called daily upon 
thee, I have stretched forth my 
hands unto thee. 

10 Dost thou show wonders 
among the dead ? or shall the dead 
rise up again,and praise thee? 

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be 
showed in the grave ? or thy faith¬ 
fulness in destruction ? 





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12 Shall tny wondrous works be 
known in the dark ? and thy right¬ 
eousness in the land where all things 
are forgotten? 

13 Unto thee have I cried, O 
Lord; and early shall my prayer 
come before thee. 

14 Lord, why abhorest thou my 
soul, and hidest thou thy face from me? 

15 I am in misery, and like unto 
him that is at the point to die; even 
from my youth up thy terrors have 
I suffered with a troubled mind. 

16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth 
over me, and the fear of thee hath 
undone me. 

17 They came round about me 
daily like water, and compassed me 
together on every side. 

18 My lovers and friends hast 
thou put away from me, and hid 
mine acquaintance out of my sight. 

EVENING PRAYER. 
Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini. 
Y song shall be alway of the 
loving-kindness of the Lord; 
with my mouth will I ever be show¬ 
ing thy truth from one generation 
to another. 

2 For I have said, Mercy shall 
be set up for ever; thy truth shalt. 
thou stablish in the heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with 
my chosen; I have sworn unto 
David my servant; 

4 Thy seed will I stablish for 
ever, and set up thy throne from 
one generation to another. 

5 O Lord, the very heavens shall 
praise thy wondrous works; and thy 
truth in the congregationof the saints. 

6 For who is he among the clouds, 
that shall be compared unto the Lord? 

7 And what is he among the gods, 
that shall be like unto the Lord? 

8 God is very greatly to be feared 
in the council of the saints, and to 
be had in reverence of all them that 
are round about him. 


9 O Lord God of hosts, who is 
like unto thee? thy truth, most 
mighty Lord, is on every side. 

10 Thou rulest the raging of the 
sea; thou stillest the waves thereof 
when they arise. 

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, 
and destroyed it; thou hast scatter¬ 
ed thine enemies abroad with thy 
mighty arm. 

12 The heavens are thine, the 
earth also is thine; thou hast laid 
the foundation of the round world, 
and all that therein is. 

13 Thou hast made the north 
and the south ; Tabor and Hermon 
shall rejoice in thy Name. 

14 Thou hast a mighty arm; 
strong is thy hand, and high is thy 
right hand. 

15 Righteousness and equity are 
the habitation of thy seat; mercy 
and truth shall go before thy face. 

16 Blessed is the people, OLord, 
that can rejoice in thee; they shall 
walk in the light of thy countenance. 

17 Their delight shall be daily 
in thy Name; and in thy righteous¬ 
ness shall they make their boast. 

18 For thou art the glory of their 
strength, and in thy loving-kindness 
thou shalt lift up our horns. 

19 For the Lord is our defence; 
the Holy One of Israel is our King. 

20 Thou spakest sometime in 
visions unto thy saints, and saidst, 
I have laid help upon One that is 
mighty, I have exalted One chosen 
out of the people. 

21 I have found David my ser¬ 
vant; with my holy oil have I 
anointed him. 

22 My hand shall hold him fast, 
and my arm shall strengthen him. 

23 The enemy shall not be able 
to do him violence; the son of wick¬ 
edness shall not hurt him. 

24 I will smite down his foes be¬ 
fore his face, and plague them that 
hate him. 




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25 My truth also and my mercy 
shall be with him ; and in my Name 
shall his horn be exalted. 

26 I will set his dominion also in 
the sea, and his right hand in the 
floods. 

27 He shall call me, Thou art my 
Father, my God, and my strong sal¬ 
vation. 

2S And I will make him my 
first-born, higher than the kings of 
the earth. 

29 My mercy will I keep for him 
for evermore, and my covenant shall 
stand fast with him. 

30 His seed also will I make to 
endure for ever, and his throne as 
the days of heaven. 

31 But if his children forsake my 
law, and walk not in my judgments; 

32 If they break my statutes, and 
keep not my commandments; I will 
visit their offences with the rod, and 
their sin with scourges. 

33 Nevertheless, my loving-kind¬ 
ness will 1 not utterly take from him, 
nor suffer my truth to fail. 

34 My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone out 
of my lips: I have sworn once by my 
holiness, that I will not fail David. 

35 His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his seat is like as the sun before 
me. 

36 He shall stand fast for ever¬ 
more as the moon, and as the faith¬ 
ful witness in heaven. 

37 But thou hast abhorred and 
forsaken thine Anointed, and art dis¬ 
pleased at him. 

38 Thou hast broken the cove¬ 
nant of thy servant, and cast his 
crown to the ground. 

39 Thou hast overthrown all his 
hedges, and broken down his strong 
holds. 

40 All they that go by spoil him, 
and he is become a reproach to his 
neighbours. 

41 Thou hast set up the right hand 


of his enemies, and made all his ad¬ 
versaries to rejoice. 

42 Thou hast taken away the 
edge of his sword, and givest him 
not victory in the battle. 

43 Thou hast put out his glory, 
and cast his throne down to the 
ground. 

44 The days of his youth hast 
thou shortened, and covered him 
with dishonour. 

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide 
thyself ? for ever ? and shall thy 
wrath burn like fire ? 

46 O remember how short my 
time is; wherefore hast thou made 
all men for naught ? • 

47 What man is he thatliveth, and 
shall not see death ? and shall he de¬ 
liver his soul from the hand of hell? 

4S Lord, where arethy old loving- 
kindnesses, which thou swarest unto 
David in thy truth ? 

49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke 
that thy servants have, and how I 
do bear in my bosom the rebukes of 
many people; 

50 Wherewith thine enemies have 
blasphemed thee, and slandered the 
footsteps of thine Anointed. Praised 
be the “Lord for evermore. Amen 
and Amen. 


THE EIGHTEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 90. Domine , refugium. 
ORD, thou hast been our refuge, 
from one generation to another. 

2 Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever the earth and 
the world were made, thou art God 
from everlasting, and world without 
end. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruc¬ 
tion ; again thou sayest, Come again, 
ye children of men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy 
sight are but as yesterday; seeing 
that is past as a watch in the night. 





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5 As soon as thou scatterest them, 
they are even as a sleep: and fade 
away suddenly like the grass. 

6 In the morning it is green, and 
groweth up; but in the evening it 
is cut down, dried up, and withered. 

7 For we consume away in thy 
displeasure, and are afraid at thy 
wrathful indignation. 

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds be¬ 
fore thee; and our secret sins in the 
light of thy countenance. 

9 For when thou art angry ail 
our days are gone : we bring our 
years to an end, as it were a tale 
that is told. 

10 The days of our age are three¬ 
score years and ten ; and though 
men be so strong that they come to 
fourscore years, yet is their strength 
then but labour and sorrow; so soon 
passeth it away, and we are gone. 

11 But who regardeth the power 
of thy wrath? for even thereafter as a 
man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 

12 So teach us to number our 
days, that we may apply our hearts 
unto wisdom. 

13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at 
the last, and be gracious unto thy 
servants. 

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, 
and that soon: so shall we rejoice 
and be glad all the days of our life. 

15 Comfort us again now after 
the time that thou hast plagued us; 
and for the years wherein we have 
suffered adversity. 

16 Show thy servants thy work, 
and their children thy glory. 

17 And the glorious Majesty of 
the Lord our God be upon us: pros¬ 
per thou the work of our hands upon 
us ; O prosper thou our handy-work. 

Psalm 91. Qui habitat. 
HOSO dwelleth under the 
defence of the Most High, 
shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 


2 I will say unto ihe Lord, Thou 
art my hope, and my strong hold ; 
my God, in him will I trust. 

3 For he shall deliver thee from 
the snare of the hunter, and from 
the noisome pestilence. 

4 He shall defend thee under his 
wings, and thou shalt be safe un¬ 
der his feathers; his faithfulness 
and truth shall be thy shield and 
buckler. 

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for 
any terror by night, nor for the arrow 
that flieth by day; 

6 For the pestilence that walketh 
in darkness, nor for the sickness that 
destroyeth in the noon-day. 

7 A thousand shall fall beside 
thee, and ten thousand at thy 
right hand; but it shall not come 
nigh thee. 

8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou 
behold, and see the reward of tl*e 
ungodly. 

9 For thou, Lord, art my hope; 
thou hast set thine house of defence 
very high. 

10 There shall no evil happen 
unto thee, neither shall any plague 
come nigh thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee in their 
hands, that thou hurt not thy foot 
against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion 
^and adder; the young lion and the 
dragon shalt thou tread under thy 
feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love 
upon me, therefore will 1 deliver 
him ; I will set him up, because he 
hath known my Name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and I 
will hear him; yea, I am with him 
in trouble; I will deliver him, and 
bring him to honour. 

16 With long life will I satisfy 
him, and show him my salvation 




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Psalm 92. Bonum est confiteri. 
T is a good thing to give thanks 
unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto thy Name,O Most Highest; 

2 To tell of thy loving-kindness 
early in the morning, and of thy 
truth in the night-season ; 

3 Upon an instrument of ten 
strings, and upon the lute; upon 
a loud instrument, and upon the 
harp: 

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me 
glad through thy works ; and I will 
rejoice in giving praise for the opera¬ 
tions of thy hands, 

5 O Lord, how glorious are thy 
works ! thy thoughts are very deep. 

6 An unwise man doth not well 
consider this, and a fool doth not 
understand it. 

7 When the ungodly are green 
:as the grass, and when all the work¬ 
ers of wickedness do flourish, then 
shall they be destroyed for ever; but 
thou, Lord, art the Most Highest for 
evermore. 

8 For lo, thine enemies, OLord, 
lo, thine enemies shall perish; and 
all the workers of wickedness shall 
be destroyed. 

9 But mine horn shall be exalted 
like the horn of an unicorn; for I 
am anointed with fresh oil. 

10 Mine eye also shall see his 
lust of mine enemies, and mine ear 
shall hear his desire of the wicked 
that arise up against me. 

11 The righteous shall flourish 
like a palm-tree, and shall spread 
abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 

12 Such as are planted in the 
house of the Lord, shall flourish in 
the courts of the house of our God. 

13 They also shall bring forth 
more fruit in their age, and shall be 
fat and well-liking; 

14 That they may show how 
■true the Lord my strength is, and 
that there is no unrighteousness in 
him. 


[Day 18 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit. 
HE Lord is King, and hath put 
on glorious apparel; the Lord 
hath put on his apparel, and girded 
himself with strength. 

2 He hath made the round world 
so sure, that it cannot be moved. 

3 Ever since the world began, 
hath thy seat been prepared: thou 
art from everlasting. 

4 The floods are risen, OLord, 
the floods have lift up their voice * 
the floods lift up their waves. 

5 The waves of the sea are 
mighty, and rage horribly; but yet 
the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is 
mightier. 

6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are 
very sure : holiness becometh thine 
house for ever. 

Psalm 94. Deus ultionum. 
LORD God, to whom ven¬ 
geance belongeth, thou God, 
to whom vengeance belongeth, show 
thyself. 

2 Arise, thou Judge of the world, 
and reward the proud after their 
deserving. 

3 Lord, how long shall the un¬ 
godly, how long shall the ungodly 
triumph ? 

4 How long shall all wicked 
doers speak so disdainfully, and 
make such proud boasting? 

5 They smite down thy people, 
O Lord, and trouble thine heritage. 

6 They murder the widow and 
the stranger, and put the fatherless 
to death. 

7 And yet they say, Tush, the 
Lord shall not see, neither shall the 
God of Jacob regard it. 

8 Take heed, ye unwise among 
the people : O ye fools, when will ye 
understand ? 

9 He that planted the ear, shall 
he not hear? or he that made the 
eye, shall he not see ? 





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Day 19.] 

10 Or he that nurtureth the hea¬ 
then, it is he that teacheth man 
knowledge; shall not he punish ? 

11 The LoRDknoweth the thoughts 
of man, that they are but vain. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thou 
chastenest, O Lord, and teachest 
him in thy law ; 

13 That thou mayest give him 
patience in time of adversity, until 
the pit be digged up for the ungodly. 

14 For the Lord will not fail his 
people; neither will he forsake his 
inheritance. 

15 Until righteousness turn again 
unto judgment: all such as are true 
in heart shall follow it. 

16 Who will rise up with me 
against the wicked? or who will take 
my part against the evil-doers ? 

17 If the Lord had not helped 
me, it had not failed, but my soul 
had been put to silence. 

18 But when I said, My foot hath 
slipped; thy mercy, O Lord, held 
me up. 

19 In the multitude of the sor¬ 
rows that I had in my heart, thy 
comforts have refreshed my soul. 

20 Wilt thou have any thing to 
do with the stool of wickedness, which 
imagineth mischief as a law? 

21 They gather them together 
against the soul of the righteous, 
and condemn the innocent blood. 

22 But the Lord is my refuge, 
and my God is the strength of my 
confidence. 

23 He shall recompense them 
their wickedness, and destroy them 
in their own malice; yea, the Lord 
our God shall destroy them. 


THE NINETEENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 95. Venite , exultemus. 
COME, let us sing unto the 
Lord, let us heartily rejoice in 
the strength of our salvation. 


2 Let us come before his pre¬ 
sence with thanksgiving; and show 
ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

3 For the Lord is a great God; 
and a great King above all gods. 

4 In his hand are all the corners 
of the earth ; and the strength of the 
hills is his also. 

5 The sea is his, and he made it; 
and his hands prepared the dry land. 

6 O come, let us worship and 
fall down, and kneel before the Lord 
our Maker: 

7 For he is the Lord our God; 
and we are the people of his pasture, 
and the sheep of his hand. 

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, 
harden not your hearts as in the 
provocation, and as in the day of 
temptation in the wilderness; 

9 When your fathers tempted me, 
proved me, and saw my works. 

10 Forty years long was I grieved 
with this generation, and said, It is 
a people that do err in their hearts, 
for they have not known my ways: 

11 Unto whom I sware in my 
wrath, that they should not enter 
into my rest. 

Psalm 96. Cantate Domino. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song ; sing unto the Lord, all 
the whole earth. 

2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise 
his Name; be telling of his salvation 
from day to day. 

3 Declare his honour unto the hea¬ 
then, and his wonders unto all people. 

4 For the Lord is great, and can¬ 
not worthily be praised; he is more 
to be feared than all gods. 

5 As for all the gods of the hea¬ 
then, they are but idols; but it is the 
Lord that made the heavens. 

6 Glory and worship are before 
him; power and honour are in his 
sanctuary. 

7 Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye 
kindreds of the people, ascribe unto 
the Lord worship and power. 







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8 Ascribe unto the Lord the hon¬ 
our due unto his Name; bring pre¬ 
sents, and come into his courts. 

9 O worship the Lord in the beau¬ 
ty of holiness ; let the whole earth 
stand in awe of him. 

10 Tell it out among the heathen, 
that the Lord is King; and that it 
is he who hath made the round 
world so fast that it cannot be mov¬ 
ed ; and how that he shall judge 
the people righteously. 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and 
let the earth be glad; let the sea 
make a noise, and all that therein is. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and 
all that is in it; then shall all the 
trees of the wood rejoice before the 
Lord. 

13 For he cometh, for he cometh 
to judge the earth ; and with right¬ 
eousness to judge the world, and the 
people with his truth. 

Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit. 
HE Lord is King, the earth may 
be glad thereof; yea, the multi¬ 
tude of the isles may be glad thereof. 

2 Clouds and darkness are round 
about him : righteousness and judg¬ 
ment are the habitation of his seat. 

3 There shall go a fire before him, 
and burn up his enemies on every side. 

4 His lightnings gave shine unto 
the world: the earth saw it, and 
was afraid. 

5 The hills melted like wax at 
the presence of the Lord; at the pre¬ 
sence of the Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens have declared his 
righteousness, and all the people 
have seen his glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that 
worship carved images, and that de¬ 
light in vain gods: worship him, all 
ye gods. 

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; 
and the daughters of Judah were 
glad, because of thy judgments, O 
Lord. 


[Day 19 

9 For thou, Lord art higher than 
all that are in the earth: thou art 
exalted far above all gods. 

10 O ye that love the Lord, see 
that ye hate the thing which is evil: 
the Lord preserveth the souls of his 
saints; he shall deliver them from 
the hand of the ungodly. 

11 There is sprung up a light 
for the righteous, and joyful glad 
ness for such as are true-hearted. 

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye right 
eous;and give thanks for a remem¬ 
brance ofhis holiness. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 98. Cant ate Domino. 

SING unto the Lord a new 
song; for he hath done mar¬ 
vellous things. 

2 With his own right hand, and 
with his holy arm, hath he gotten 
himself the victory. 

3 The Lord declared his salva¬ 
tion ; his righteousness hath he open¬ 
ly showed in the sight of the heathen. 

4 He hath remembered his mercy 
and truth toward the house of Israel; 
and all the ends of the world have 
seen the salvation of our God. 

5 Show yourselves joyful unto 
the Lord, all ye lands ; sing, rejoice, 
and give thanks. 

6 Praise the Lord upon the harp; 
sing to the harp with a psalm of 
thanksgiving. 

7 With trumpets also and shawms, 
O show yourselves joyful before the 
Lord, the King. 

8 Let the sea make a noise, and 
all that therein is ; the round world, 
and they that dwell therein. 

9 Let the floods clap their hands, 
and let the hills be joyful together 
before the Lord ; for he is come to 
judge the earth. 

10 With righteousness shall he 
judge the world, and the people with 
equity. 






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Psalm 99. Dominus regnavit. 



between theCherubim, be the earth 
never so unquiet. 


2 The Lord is great in Sion, and 
high above all people. 

3 They shall give thanks unto 
thy Name, which is great, wonderful, 
and holy. 

4 The King’s power loveth judg¬ 
ment ; thou hast prepared equity; 
thou hast executed judgment and 
righteousness in Jacob. 

5 O magnify the Lord our God, 
and fall down before his footstool; 
for he is holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his 
priests, and Samuel among such as 
call upon his Name: these called 
upon the Lord, and he heard them. 

7 He spake unto them out of the 
cloudy pillar; for they kept his testi¬ 
monies, and the law that he gave 
them. 

8 Thou heardest them, O Lord 
our God; thou forgayest them, O 
God, and punishedst their own in¬ 
ventions. 

9 O magnify the Lord our God, 
and worship him upon his holy hill; 
for the Lord our God is holy. 

Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo. 

BE ye joyful in the Lord, all 
ye lands: serve the Lord with 
gladness, and come before his pre¬ 
sence with a song. 

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is 
God; it is he that hath made us, 
and not we ourselves; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

3 O go your way into his gates 
with thanksgiving, and into his 
courts with praise; be thankful unto 
him, and speak good of his Name. 

4 For the Lord is gracious, his 
mercy is everlasting; and his truth 
endureth from generation to genera¬ 
tion. 


Psalm 101. Miser icordiam et 
judicium. 

Y song shall be of mercy and 
judgment; unto thee, OLord, 
will I sing. 

2 O let me have understanding 
in the way of godliness! 

3 When wilt thou come unto me? 
I will walk in my house with a per¬ 
fect heart. 

4 I will take no wicked thing in 
hand ; I hate the sins of unfaithful¬ 
ness ; there shall no such cleave unto 
me. 

5 A froward heart shall depart 
from me; I will not know a wicked 
person. 

6 Whoso privily slandereth his 
neighbour, him will I destroy. 

7 Whoso hath also a proud look 
and high stomach, I will not suffer 
him. 

8 Mine eyes look upon such as 
are faithful in the land, that they 
may dwell with me. 

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life, he 
shall be my servant. 

10 There shall no deceitful person 
dwell in my house ; he that telleth 
lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

11 I shall soon destroy all the 
ungodly that are in the land; that 
I may root out all wicked doers from 
the city of the Lord. 

THE TWENTIETH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 102. Domine , exaudi. 
EAR my prayer, O Lord, and 
let my crying come unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in 
the time of my trouble; incline thine 
ear unto me when I call; O hear 
me, and that right soon. 

3 For my days are consumed 
away like smoke, and my bones are 
burnt up as it were a fire-brand. 

4 My heart is smitten down, and 
withered like grass; so that I forget 
to eat my bread. 








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5 For the voice of my groaning, 
my bones will scarce cleave to my 
flesh. 

6 I am become like a pelican in 
the wilderness, and like an owl that 
is in the desert. 

7 I have watched, and am even 
as it were a sparrow, that sitteth 
alone upon the house-top. 

8 Mine enemies revile me all the 
day long; and they that are mad upon 
me, are sworn together against me. 

9 For I have eaten ashes as it 
were bread, and mingled my drink 
with weeping; 

10 And that, because of thine in¬ 
dignation and wrath ; for thou hast 
taken me up, and cast me down. 

11 My days are gone like a sha¬ 
dow, and I am withered like grass. 

12 But thou, O Lord, shalt en¬ 
dure for ever, and thy remembrance 
throughout all generations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have 
mercy upon Sion ; for it is time that 
thou have mercy upon her, yea, 
the time is come. 

14 And why? thy servants think 
upon her stones, and it pitieth them 
to see her in the dust. 

15 The heathen shall fear thy 
Name, O Lord; and all the kings 
of the earth thy Majesty; 

16 When the Lord shall build 
up Sion, and when his glory shall 
appear; 

17 When he turneth him unto 
the prayer of the poor destitute, and 
despiseth not their desire. 

18 This shall be written for those 
that come after, and the people which 
shall be born shall praise the Lord. 

19 For he hath looked down 
from his sanctuary; out of the hea¬ 
ven did the Lord behold the earth. 

29 That he might hear the 
mourning of such as are in captiv¬ 
ity, and deliver the children appoint¬ 
ed unto death; 

21 That they may declare the 


Name of the Lord in Sion, and his 
worship at Jerusalem ; 

22 When the people are gathered 
together, and the kingdoms also, to 
serve the Lord. 

23 He brought down my strength 
in my journey, and shortened my 
days. 

24 But I said, O my God, take 
me not away in the midst of mine 
age; as for thy years, they endure 
throughout all generations. 

25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning 
hast laid the foundation of the earth, 
and the heavens are the work of thy 
hands. 

26 They shall perish, but thou 
shalt endure: they all shall wax old 
as doth a garment; 

27 And as a vesture shalt thou 
change them, and they shall be 
changed; but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

28 The children of thy servants 
shall continue, and their seed shall 
stand fast in thy sight. 


Psalm 103. Benedic , anima mea. 

P RAISE the Lord, O my soul; 

and^all that is within me, praise 
his holy Name. 

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, 
and forget not all his benefits: 

3 Who forgiveth all thy sin, and 
healeth all thine infirmities ; 

4 Who saveth thy life from de¬ 
struction, and crowneth thee with 
mercy and loving-kindness; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with 
good things, making thee young 
and lusty as an eagle. 

6 The Lord executeth righteous¬ 
ness and judgment, for all them that 
are oppressed with wrong. 

7 He showed his ways unto Mo- 
s, his works unto the children of 
Israel. 

8 The Lord is full of compassion 
and mercy, long-suffering, and of 
great goodness. 



Day 20.] 

9 He will not alway be chiding; 
neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after 
our sins ; nor rewarded us according 
to our wickednesses. 

11 For look how high the heaven 
is in comparison of the earth ; so 
great is his mercy also toward them 
that fear him. 

12 Look how wide also the east 
is from the west; so far hath he set 
our sins from us. 

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his 
own children; even so is the Lord 
merciful unto them that fear him. 

14 For he knoweth whereof we 
are made; he remembereth that we 
are but dust. 

15 The days of man are but as 
grass ; for he flourisheth as a flower 
of the field. 

16 For as soon as the wind goeth 
over it, it is gone; and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. 

17 But the merciful good ness of the 
LoRDendureth for ever and ever upon 
them that fear him ; and his right¬ 
eousness upon children’s children; 

18 Even upon such as keep his 
covenant, and think upon his com¬ 
mandments to do them. 

19 The Lord hath prepared his 
seat in heaven, and his kingdom 
ruleth over all. 

20 O praise the Lord, ye angels 
of his, ye that excel in strength; 
ye that fulfil his commandment, and 
hearken unto the voice of his words. 

21 O praise the Lord, all ye his 
hosts; ye servants of his that do 
his pleasure. 

22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye 
works of his, in all places of his domin¬ 
ion : praise thou the Lord, 0 my soul. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 104. Benedic , anima mea. 
RAISE the Lord, O my soul: 
O Lord my God, thou art be¬ 


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come exceeding glorious; thou art 
clothed with majesty and honour. 

2 Thou deckest thyself with light 
as it were with a garment, and 
spreadest out the heavens like a 
curtain. 

3 Who layeth the beams of his 
chambers in the waters, and maketh 
the clouds his chariot, and walketh 
upon the wings of the wind. 

4 He maketh his angels spirits, 
and his ministers a flaming fire. 

5 He laid the foundations of the 
earth, that it never should move at 
any time. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep 
like as with a garment; the waters 
stand in the hills. 

7 At thy rebuke they flee; at the 
voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 

8 They go up as high as the 
hills, and down to the valleys be¬ 
neath ; even unto the place which 
thou hast appointed for them. 

9 Thou hast set them their 
bounds, which they shall not pass, 
neither turn again to cover the earth. 

10 He sendeth the springs into 
the rivers, which run among the 
hills. 

11 All the beasts of the field drink 
thereof, and the wild asses quench 
their thirst. 

12 Beside them shall the fowls of 
the air have their habitation, and 
sing among the branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from 
above; the earth is filled with the 
fruit of thy works. 

14 He bringeth forth grass for 
the cattle, and green herb for the 
service of men; 

15 That he may bring food out 
of the earth, and wine that maketh 
glad the heart of man ; and oil to 
make him a cheerful countenance, 
and bread to strengthen man’s heart. 

16 The trees of the Lord also- 
are full of sap; even the cedars of 
Libanus, which he hath planted j 


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17 Wherein the birds make their 
nests; and the fir-trees are a dwel¬ 
ling for the stork. 

18 The high hills are a refuge 
for the wild goats; and so are the 
stony rocks for the conies. 

19 He appointed the moon for 
certain seasons, and the sun know- 
eth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness that 
it may be night; wherein all the 
beasts of the forest do move. 

21 The lions, roaring after their 
prey, do seek their meat from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, and they get 
them away together, and lay them 
down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth to his work, 
and to his labour, until the evening. 

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy 
works! in wisdom hast thou made 
them all; the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

25 So is the great and wide sea 
also; wherein are things creeping 
innumerable, both small and great 
beasts. 

26 There go the ships, and there 
is that leviathan, whom thou hast 
made to take his pastime therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee, that 
thou mayest give them meat in due 
season. 

28 When thou givest it them, 
they gather it; and when thou 
openest thy hand, they are filled with 
good. 

29 When thou hidest thy face, 
they are troubled : when thou takest 
away their breath, they die, and are 
turned again to their dust. 

30 When thoulettest thy breath go 
forth, they shall be made; and thou 
shalt renew the face of the earth. 

31 The glorious Majesty of the 
Lord shall endure for ever; the Lord 
shall rejoice in his works. 

32 The earth shall tremble at the 
look of him; if he do but touch the 
hills, they shall smoke. 


[Day 21. 

33 I will sing unto the Lord as 
long as I live; 1 will praise my God 
while I have my being; 

34 And so shall my words please 
him : my joy shall be in the Lord. 

35 As for sinners, they shall be 
consumed out of the earth, and the 
ungodly shall come to an end. 
Praise thou the Lord, O my soul. 
Praise the Lord. 


THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER, 
Psalm 105. Confiiemini Domino. 

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, 
and call upon his Name; tell the 
people what things he hath done. 

2 O let your songs be of him, and 
praise him; and let your talking be 
of all his wondrous works. 

3 Rejoice in his holy Name ; let 
the heart of them rejoice that seek 
the Lord. 

4 Seek the Lord and his strength; 
seek his face evermore. 

5 Remember the marvellous works 
that he hath done ; his wonders, 
and the judgments of his mouth ; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham his ser¬ 
vant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 

7 He is the Lord our God; his 
judgments are in all the world. 

8 He hath been alway mindful 
of his covenant and promise, that he 
made to a thousand generations; 

9 Even the covenant that he 
made with Abraham ; and the oath 
that he sware unto Isaac ; 

10 And appointed the same unto 
Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an 
everlasting testament; 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give 
the land of Canaan, the lot of your 
inheritance: 

12 When there were yet but a few 
of them, and they strangers in the 
land ; 

13 What time as they went from 







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Day 21.] 

one nation to another, from one 
kingdom to another people; 

14 He suffered no man to do 
them wrong, but reproved even kings 
for their sakes; 

15 Touch not mine Anointed, and 
do my prophets no harm. 

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth 
upon the land, and destroyed all the 
provision of bread. 

17 But he had sent a man before 
them, even Joseph, who was sold to 
be a bond-servant; 

18 Whose feet they hurt in the 
stocks; the iron entered into his soul; 

19 Until the time came that his 
cause was known: the word of the 
Lord tried him. 

20 The king sent, and delivered 
him; the prince of the people let 
him go free. 

21 He made him lord also of his 
house, and ruler of all his substance; 

22 That he might inform his 
princes after his will, and teach his 
senators wisdom. 

23 Israel also came into Egypt, 
and Jacob was a stranger in the land 
of Ham. 

24 And he increased his people 
exceedingly, and made them stronger 
than their enemies; 

25 Whose heart turned so, that 
they hated his people, and dealt un¬ 
truly with his servants. 

26 Then sent he Moses his servant, 
and Aaron whom he had chosen. 

27 And these showed his tokens 
among them, and wonders in the 
land of Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and it was 
dark; and they were not obedient 
unto his word. 

29 He turned their waters into 
blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs; 
yea, even in their king’s chambers. 

31 He spake the word, and there 
came all manner of flies, and lice in 
all their quarters. 

H H 


32 He gave them hailstones for 
rain; and flames of fire in their land. 

33 He smote their vines also and 
fig-trees ; and destroyed the trees 
that were in their coasts. 

34 He spake the word, and the 
grasshoppers came, and caterpillars 
innumerable, and did eat up all the 
grass in their land, and devoured 
the fruit of their ground. 

35 He smote all the first-born in 
their land ; even the chief of all their 
strength. 

36 He brought them forth also 
with silver and gold ; there was not 
one feeble person among their tribes. 

37 Egypt was glad at their de¬ 
parting ; for they were afraid of them. 

38 He spread out a cloud to be a 
covering; and fire to give light in 
the night-season. 

39 At their desire he brought 
quails; and he filled them with the 
bread of heaven. 

40 He opened the rock of stone, 
and the waters flowed out, so that 
rivers ran in the dry places. 

41 For why? he remembered his 
holy promise ; and Abraham his 
servant. 

42 And he brought forth his peo¬ 
ple with joy, and his chosen with 
gladness ; 

43 And gave them the lands of 
the heathen ; and they took the la¬ 
bours of the people in possession ; 

44 That they might keep his 
statutes, and observe his laws. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 106. Confitemini Domino . 
GIVE thanks unto the Lord; 
for he is gracious, and his mer¬ 
cy endureth for ever. 

2 Who can express the noble acts 
of the Lord, or show forth all his 
praise ? 

3 Blessed are they that alway keep 
judgment, and do righteousness. 

4 Remember me, O Lord, accord- 





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ing to the favour that thou bearest 
unto thy people; O visit me with 
thy salvation; 

5 That I may see the felicity of 
thy chosen, and rejoice in the glad¬ 
ness of thy people, and give thanks 
with thine inheritance. 

6 We have sinned with our fa¬ 
thers ; we have done amiss, and 
dealt wickedly. 

7 Our fathers regarded not thy 
wonders in Egypt, neither kept they 
thy great goodness in remembrance; 
but were disobedient at the sea, even 
at the Red Sea. 

8 Nevertheless, he helped them 
for his Name’s sake, that he might 
make his power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, 
and it was dried up; so he led them 
through the deep, as through a wil¬ 
derness. 

10 And he saved them from the 
adversary’s hand, and delivered 
them from the hand of the enemy. 

11 As for those that troubled 
them, the waters overwhelmed them; 
there was not one of them left. 

12 Then believed they his words, 
and sang praise unto him. 

13 But within a while they for¬ 
mat his works, and would not abide 
his counsel. 

14 But lust came upon them in 
the wilderness, and they tempted 
God in the desert. 

15 And he gave them their de¬ 
sire, and sent leanness withal into 
their soul. 

16 They angered Moses also in 
their tents, and Aaron the saint of 
the Lord. 

17 So the earth opened, and 
swallowed up Dathan, and covered 
the congregation of Abiram. 

18 And the fire was kindled in 
their company ; the flame burnt up 
the ungodly. 

19 They made a calf in Horeb, 
and worshipped the molten image. 


[Day 21. 

20 Thus they turned their glory 
into the similitude of a calf that eat- 
eth hay. 

21 And they forgat God their 
Saviour, who had done so great 
things in Egypt ; 

22 Wondrous works in the land 
of Ham; and fearful things by the 
Red Sea. 

23 So he said he would have de¬ 
stroyed them, had not Moses his 
chosen stood before him in the gap, 
to turn away his wrathful indigna¬ 
tion, lest he should destroy them. 

24 Yea, they thought scorn of 
that pleasant land, and gave no cre¬ 
dence unto his word; 

25 But murmured in their tents, 
and hearkened not unto the voice of 
the Lord. 

26 Then lift he up his hand 
against them, to overthrow them in 
the wilderness; 

27 To cast out their seed among 
the nations, and to scatter them in 
the lands. 

28 They joined themselves unto 
Baal-peor, and ate the offerings of 
the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to 
anger with their own inventions; 
and the plague was great among 
them. 

30 Then stood up Phinees, and 
prayed ; and so the plague ceased. 

31 And that was counted unto 
him for righteousness, among all 
posterities for evermore. 

32 They angered him also at the 
waters of strife, so that he punished 
Moses for their sakes ; 

33 Because they provoked his 
spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly 
with his lips. 

34 Neither destroyed they the 
heathen, as the Lord commanded 
them; 

35 But were mingled among the 
heathen, and learned their works. 

36 Insomuch that they worshipped 




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their idols, which turned to their own 
decay; yea, they offered their sons 
and their daughters unto devils; 

37 And shed innocent blood, even 
the blood of their sons and of their 
daughters, whom they offered unto 
the idols of Canaan ; and the land 
was defiled with blood. 

38 Thus were they stained with 
their own works, and went a whor¬ 
ing with their own inventions. 

39 Therefore was the wrath of 
the Lord kindled against his people, 
insomuch that he abhorred his own 
inheritance. 

40 And he gave them over into 
the hand of the heathen ; and they 
that hated them were lords over them. 

41 Their enemies oppressed them, 
and had them in subjection. 

42 Many a time did he deliver 
them ; but they rebelled against him 
with their own inventions, and were 
brought down in their wickedness. 

43 Nevertheless, when he saw 
their adversity, he heard their com¬ 
plaint. 

44 He thought upon his covenant, 
and pitied them, according unto the 
multitude of his mercies; yea, he 
made all those that led them away 
captive to pity them. 

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, 
and gather us from among the hea¬ 
then ; that we may give thanks unto 
thy holy Name, and make our boast 
of thy praise. 

46 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel, from everlasting, and world 
without end ; and let all the people 
say, Amen. 

THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 107. Conjitemini Domino. 
GIVE thanks unto the Lord; 
for he is gracious, and his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Let them give thanks, whom 


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the Lord hath redeemed, and deli¬ 
vered from the hand of the enemy; 

3 And gathered them out of the 
lands, from the east, and from the 
west; from the north, and from the 
south. 

4 They went astray in the wil¬ 
derness out of the way, and found 
no city to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul 
fainted in them. 

6 So they cried unto the Lord in 
their trouble, and he delivered them 
from their distress. 

7 He led them forth by the right 
way, that they might go to the city 
where they dwelt. 

8 O that men would therefore 
praise the Lord for his goodness; 
and declare the wonders that he 
doeth for the children of men ! 

9 For he satisfieth the empty soul, 
and filleth the hungry soul with 
goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness, and 
in the shadow of death, being fast 
bound in misery and iron ; 

11 Because they rebelled against 
the words of the Lord, and lightly 
regarded the counsel of the Mojt 
Highest: 

12 He also brought down their 
heart through heaviness: they fell 
down, and there was none to help 
them. 

13 So when they cried unto the 
Lord in their trouble, he delivered 
them out of their distress. 

14 For he brought them out of 
darkness, and out of the shadow of 
death, and brake their bonds in 
sunder. 

15 O that men would therefore 
praise the Lord for his goodness; 
and declare the wonders that he 
doeth for the children of men ! 

16 For he hath broken the gates 
of brass, and smitten the bars of iron 
in sunder. 

17 Foolish men are plagued for 






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their offence, and because of their 
wickedness. 

18 Their soul abhorred all man¬ 
ner of meat, and they were even 
hard at death’s door. 

19 So when they cried unto the 
Lord in their trouble, he delivered 
them out of their distress. 

20 He sent his word, and healed 
them; and they were saved from 
their destruction. 

21 O that men would therefore 
praise the Lord for his goodness ; 
and declare the wonders that he 
doeth for the children of men ! 

22 That they would offer unto 
him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
and tell out his works with gladness! 

23 They that go down to the sea 
in ships, and occupy their business 
in great waters; 

24 These men see the works of 
the Lord, and his wonders in the 
deep. 

25 For at his word the stormy 
wind ariseth, which lifteth up the 
waves thereof. 

26 They are carried up to the 
heaven, and down again to the 
deep; their soul melteth away be¬ 
cause of the trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and 
stagger like a drunken man, and 
are at their wit’s end. 

28 So when they cry unto the 
Lord in their trouble, he delivereth 
them out of their distress. 

29 For he maketh the storm to 
cease, so that the waves thereof are 
still. 

30 Then are they glad, because 
they are at rest; and so he bringeth 
them unto the haven where they 
would be. 

31 O that men would therefore 
praise the Lord for his goodness; 
and declare the wonders that he 
doeth for the children of men! 

32 That they would exalt him 
also in the congregation of the peo- 


[Day 22. 

pie, and praise him in the seat of 
the elders ! 

33 Who turneth the floods into a 
wilderness, and drieth up the water- 
springs. 

34 A fruitful land maketh he 
barren, for the wickedness of them 
that dwell therein. 

35 Again, he maketh the wilder¬ 
ness a standing water, and water- 
springs of a dry ground. 

36 And there he setteth the hun¬ 
gry, that they may build them a 
city to dwell in ; 

37 That they may sow their land, 
and plant vineyards, to yield them 
fruits of increase. 

38 He blesseth them, so that they 
multiply exceedingly; and suffereth 
not their cattle to decrease. 

39 And again, when they are 
minished and brought low through 
oppression, through any plague or 
trouble; 

40 Though he suffer them to be 
evil-entreated through tyrants, and 
let them wander out of the way in 
the wilderness; 

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out 
of misery, and maketh him house¬ 
holds like a flock of sheep. 

42 The righteous will consider 
this, and rejoice ; and the mouth of 
all wickedness shall be stopped. 

43 Whoso is wise, will ponder 
these things; and they shall under¬ 
stand the loving-kindness of the 
Lord. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 108. Paratum cor meum. 
GOD, my heart is ready, my 
heart is ready; I will sing, and 
give praise with the best member 
that I have. 

2 Awake, thou lute and harp ; I 
myself will awake right early. 

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O 
Lord, among the people; I will sing 
praises unto thee among the nations. 






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4 For thy mercy is greater than 
the heavens, and thy truth reacheth 
unto the clouds. 

5 Set up thyself, O God, above 
the heavens, and thy glory above 
all the earth; 

6 That thy beloved may be de¬ 
livered: let thy right hand save 
them, and hear thou me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holi¬ 
ness ; I will rejoice therefore, and 
divide Sichem, and mete out the 
valley of Succoth. 

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses 
is mine; Ephraim also is the strength 
of my head; 

9 Juda is my law-giver; Moab 
is my wash-pot; over Edom will I 
cast out my shoe; upon Philistia 
will I triumph. 

10 Who will lead me into the 
strong city ? and who will bring me 
into Edom? 

11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O 
God ? and wilt not thou, O God, go 
forth with our hosts? 

12 O help us against the enemy: 
for vain is the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do 
great acts; and it is he that shall 
tread down our enemies. 

Psalm 109. Deus laudum. 
OLD not thy tongue, O God 
of my praise; for the mouth 
of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of 
the deceitful is opened upon me. 

2 And they have spoken against 
me with false tongues; they com¬ 
passed me about also with words of 
hatred, and fought against me with¬ 
out a cause. 

3 For the love that I had unto 
them, lo, they take now my contrary 
part; but I give myself unto prayer. 

4 Thus have they rewarded me 
evil for good, and hatred for my 
good-will. 

5 Set thou an ungodly man to 
be ruler over him, and let Satan 
stand at his right hand. 


6 When sentence is given upon 
him, let him be condemned ; and 
let his prayer be turned into sin. 

7 Let his days be few; and let 
another take his office. 

8 Let his children be fatherless, 
and his wife a widow. 

9 Let his children be vagabonds, 
and beg their bread ; let them seek 
it also out of desolate places. 

10 Let the extortioner consume 
all that he hath ; and let the stran¬ 
ger spoil his labour. 

11 Let there be no man to pity 
him, nor to have compassion upon 
his fatherless children. 

12 Let his posterity be destroyed; 
and in the next generation let his 
name be clean put out. 

13 Let the wickedness of his fa¬ 
thers be had in remembrance in the 
sight of the Lord; and let not the 
sin of his mother be done away. 

14 Let them alway be before the 
Lord, that he may root out the me 
morial of them from off the earth ; 

15 And that, because his mind 
was not to do good; but persecuted 
the poor helpless man, that he might 
slay him that was vexed at the 
heart. 

16 His delight was in cursing, 
and it shall happen unto him; he 
loved not blessing, therefore shall it 
be far from him. 

17 He clothed himself with curs¬ 
ing like as with a raiment, and it 
shall come into his bowels like water, 
and like oil into his bones. 

18 Let it be unto him as the 
cloak that he hath upon him, and 
as the girdle that he is always girded 
withal. 

19 Let it thus happen from the 
Lord unto mine enemies, and to 
those that speak evil against my souk 

20 But deal thou with me, O 
Lord God, according unto thyName; 
for sweet is thy mercy. 

21 O deliver me, for I am help- 




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less and poor, and my heart is 
wounded within me. 

22 I go hence like the shadow 
that departeth, and am driven away 
as the grasshopper. 

23 My knees are weak through 
fasting; my flesh is dried up for 
want of fatness. 

24 I became also a reproach unto 
them: they that looked upon me 
shaked their heads. 

25 Help me, O Lord my God; 
O save me according to thy mercy; 

26 And they shall know how 
that this is thy hand, and that thou, 
Lord, hast done it. 

27 Though they curse, yet bless 
thou; and let them be confounded 
that rise up against me; but let thy 
servant rejoice. 

28 Let mine adversaries be cloth¬ 
ed with shame ; and let them cover 
themselves with their own confusion, 
as with a cloak. 

29 As for me, I will give great 
thanks unto the Lord with my 
mouth, and praise him among the 
multitude; 

30 For he shall stand at the right 
hand of the poor, to save his soul 
from unrighteous judges. 

THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 110. Dixit Dominus. 

T 5HE Lord said unto my Lord Sit 
thou on my right hand, until I 
make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2 The Lord shall send the rod of 
thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler 
even in the midst among thine ene¬ 
mies. 

3 In the day of thy power shall 
the people offer thee free-will offerings 
with an holy worship: the dew of thy 
birth is of the womb of the morning. 

4 The Lord sware, and will not 
repent, Thou art a Priest for ever 
after the order of Melchizedech. 

5 The Lord upon thy right hand 


[Day 23, 

shall wound even kings in the day 
of his wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the hea¬ 
then ; he shall fill the places with 
the dead bodies, and smite in sunder 
the heads over divers countries. 

7 He shall drink of the brook in 
the way; therefore shall he lift up 
his head. 

Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi. 
WILL give thanks unto the Lord 
with my whole heart, secretly 
among the faithful, and in the con¬ 
gregation. 

2 The works of the Lord are 
great, sought out of all them that 
have pleasure therein. 

3 His work is worthy to be prais¬ 
ed and had in honour, and his right¬ 
eousness endureth for ever. 

4 The merciful and gracious Lord 
hath so done his marvellous works, 
that they ought to be had in remem¬ 
brance. 

5 He hath given meat unto them 
that fear him; he shall ever be mind¬ 
ful of his covenant. 

6 He hath showed his people the 
power of his works, that he may give 
them the heritage of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are 
verity*and judgment; all his com¬ 
mandments are true. 

8 They stand fast for ever and 
ever, and are done in truth and 
equity. 

9 He sent redemption unto his 
people; he hath commanded his 
covenant for ever; holy and rever¬ 
end is his Name. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom ; a good un¬ 
derstanding have all they that do 
thereafter; the praise of it endureth 
for ever. 

Psalm 112. Beatus vir. 
LESSED is the man that fear- 
eth the Lord ; he hath great 
delight in his commandments. 






Day 23.J 

2 His seed shall be mighty upon 
earth ; the generation of the faithful 
shall be blessed. 

3 Riches and plenteousness shall 
be in his house; and his righteous¬ 
ness endureth for ever. 

4 Unto the godly there ariseth up 
light in the darkness; he is merci 
ful, loving, and righteous. 

5 A good man is merciful, and 
lendeth; and will guide his words 
with discretion. 

6 For he shall never be moved: 
and the righteous shall be had in 
everlasting remembrance. 

7 He will not be afraid of any 
evil tidings; for his heart standeth 
fast, and believeth in the Lord. 

8 His heart is stablished, and will 
not shrink, until he see his desire 
upon his enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed abroad, and 
given to the poor, and his righteous¬ 
ness remaineth for ever ; his horn 
shall be exalted with honour. 

10 The ungodly shall see it, and 
it shall grieve him ; he shall gnash 
with his teeth, and consume away ; 
the desire of the ungodly shall perish. 

Psalm 113. Laudate , pueri. 

P RAISE the Lord, ye servants; 
O praise the Name of the Lord. 
2 Blessed be theName of the Lord, 
from this time forth for evermore. 

3 The Lord’s Name is praised 
from the rising up of the sun unto 
i he going down of the same. 

4 The Lord is high above all 
heathen, and his glory above the 
heavens. 

5 Who is like unto the Lord our 
God, that hath his dwelling so high, 
and yet humbleth himself to behold 
the things that are in heaven and 
earth! 

6 He taketh up the simple out of 
the dust, and lifteth the poor out of 
the mire; 

7 That he may set him with the 


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princes, even with the princes of his 
people. 

8 He maketh the barren woman 
to keep house, and to be a joyful 
mother of children. 

EVENING PRAYER. 
Psalm 114. In exitu Israel. 

W HEN Israel came out of 
Egypt, and the house of Ja¬ 
cob from among the strange people, 
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and 
Israel his dominion. 

3 The sea saw that, and fled; 
Jordan was driven back. 

4 The mountains skipped like 
rams, and the little hills like young 
sheep. 

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, 
that thou fleddest ? and thou Jordan, 
that thou wast driven back? 

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped 
like rams? and ye little hills, like 
young sheep ? 

7 Tremble,thou earth,at the pre¬ 
sence of the Lord; at the presence 
of the God of Jacob; 

8 Who turned the hard rock into 
a standing water, and the flint-stone 
into a springing well. 

Psalm 115. Non nobis , Domine. 
"|VTOT unto us, O Lord, not unto 
us, but unto thy Name give 
the praise; for thy loving mercy, 
and for thy truth’s sake. 

2 Wherefore shall the heathen 
say, Where is now their God ? 

3 As for our God, he is in heaven: 
he hath done whatsoever pleased 
him. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, 
even the work of men’s hands. 

5 They have mouths, and speak 
not; eyes have they, and see not. 

6 They have ears, and hear not; 
noses have they, and smell not. 

7 They have hands, and handle 
not; feet have they, and walk not; 
neither speak they through their 
throat. 



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THE PSALTER. 


8 They that l/iake them are like 
unto them; and so are all such as 
put their trust in them. 

9 But thou, house of Israel, trust 
thou in the Lord ; he is their suc¬ 
cour and defence. 

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your 
trust in the Lord ; he is their help¬ 
er and defender. 

11 Ye that fear the Lord, put 
our trust in the Lord ; he is their 
elper and defender. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful 
of us, and he shall bless us; even 
he shall bless the House of Israel, 
he shall bless the house of Aaron. 

13 He shall bless them that fear 
the Lord, both small and great. 

14 The Lord shall increase you 
more and more, you and your chil¬ 
dren. 

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord, 
who made heaven and earth. 

16 All the whole heavens are the 
Lord’s ; the earth hath he given to 
the children of men. 

17 The dead praise not thee, O 
Lord, neither all they that go down 
jito silence. 

18 But we will praise the Lord, 
from this time forth for evermore. 
Praise the Lord. 


THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 116. Dilexi,quoniam. 

AM well pleased that the Lord 
hath heard the voice of my 
prayer; 

2 That he hath inclined his ear 
unto me; therefore will I call upon 
him as long as I live. 

3 The snares of death compassed 
me round about, and the pains of 
hell gat hold upon me. 

4 I shall find trouble and heavi¬ 
ness, and I will call upon the Name 
of the Lord ; O Lord, I beseech 
thee, deliver my soul. 


[Day 24. 

5 Gracious is the Lord, and right¬ 
eous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

6 The Lord preserveth the sim¬ 
ple : I was in misery, and he help¬ 
ed me. 

7 Turn again then unto thy rest, 
O my soul; for the Lord hath re¬ 
warded thee. 

8 And why ? thou hast delivered 
my soul from death, mine eyes from 
tears, and my feet from falling. 

9 I will walk before the Lord in 
the land of the living. 

10 I believed, and therefore will I 
speak; but I was sore troubled: I 
said in my haste, All men arc liars. 

11 What reward shall I give unto 
the Lord, for all the benefits that 
he hath done unto me ? 

12 I will receive the cup of salva¬ 
tion, and call upon the Name of the 
Lord. 

13 I will pay my vows now in the 
presence of all his people: right 
dear in the sight of the Lord is the 
death of his saints. 

14 Behold, O Lord, how that I 
am thy servant; I am thy servant, 
and the son of thy handmaid ; thou 
hast broken my bonds in sunder. 

15 I wijl offer to thee the sacrifice 
of thanksgiving, and will call upon 
the Name of the Lord. 

16 I will pay my vows unto the 
Lord, in the sight of all his people, 
in the courts of the Lord’s house; 
even in the midst of thee, O Jerusa¬ 
lem. Praise the Lord. 

Psalm 117. Laud ate Dominum. 

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye hea¬ 
then ; praise him, all ye nations. 
2 For his merciful kindness is ever 
more and more towards us ; and the 
truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 
Praise the Lord. 

Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino. 
GIVE thanks unto the Lord, 
for he is gracious ; because his 
mercy endureth for ever. 






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Day 24.] 

2 Let Israel now confess that he 
is gracious, and that his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now con¬ 
fess,that his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 Yea, let them now that fear the 
Lord confess that his mercy endu¬ 
reth for ever. 

5 I called upon the Lord in trouble; 
and the Lord heard me at large. 

6 The Lord is on my side ; I will 
not fear what man doeth unto me. 

7 The Lord taketh my part with 
them that help me ; therefore shall 
I see my desire upon mine enemies. 

8 It is better to trust in the Lord, 
than to put any confidence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the 
Lord, than to put any confidence in 
princes. 

10 All nations compassed me 
round about; but in the Name of 
the Lord will I destroy them. 

11 They kept me in on every 
side, they kept me in, I say,on every 
side ; but in the Name of the Lord 
will I destroy them. 

12 They came about me like bees, 
and are extinct even as the fire 
among the thorns ; for in the Name 
of the Lord I will destroy them. 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, 
that I might fall; but the Lord was 
my help. 

14 The Lord is my strength, and 
my song ; and is become my salva¬ 
tion. 

15 The voice of joy and health is 
in the dwellings of the righteous ; 
the right hand of the Lord bringeth 
mighty things to pass. 

16 The right hand of the Lord 
hath the pre-eminence; the right 
hand of the Lord bringeth mighty 
things to pass. 

17 I shall not die, but live, and 
declare the works of the Lord. 

18 The Lord hath chastened and 
corrected me ; but he hath not given 
me over unto death. 


19 Open me the gates of right¬ 
eousness, that I may go into them, 
and give thanks unto the Lord. 

20 This is the gate of the Lord, 
the righteous shall enter into it. 

21 I will thank thee; for thou 
hast heard me, and art become my 
salvation. 

22 The same stone which the 
builders refused, is become the head 
stone in the corner. 

23 This is the Lord’s doing, and 
it is marvellous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day which the 
Lord hath made; we will rejoice 
and be glad in it. 

25 Help me now, O Lord : O 
Lord send us now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that comcth in 
the Name of the Lord: we have 
wished you good luck, ye that are 
of the house of the Lord. 

27 God is the Lord, who hath 
showed us light: bind the sacrifice 
with cords, yea, even unto the horns 
of the altar. 

28 Thou art my God, and I will 
thank thee; thou art my God, and I 
will praise thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord ; 
for he is gracious, and his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 119. Beati immaculatv. 
LESSED are those that are 
undefiled in the way, and walk 
in the law of the Lord. 

2 Blessed are they that keep his 
testimonies, and seek him with their 
whole heart. 

3 For they who do no wicked¬ 
ness, walk in his ways. 

4 Thou hast charged that we shall 
diligently keep thy commandments. 

5 O that my ways were made so 
direct, that I might keep thy statutes! 

6 So shall I not be confounded, 
while 1 have respect unto all thy 
commandments. 






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7 I will thank thee with an un¬ 
feigned heart, when I shall have 
learned the judgments of thy right¬ 
eousness. 

8 I will keep thy ceremonies; O 
forsake me not utterly. 

In quo corriget ? 

HE RE WITHAL shall a 
young man cleanse his way? 
even by ruling himself after thy word. 

2 With my whole heart have I 
sought thee; O let me not go wrong 
out of thy commandments! 

3 Thy words have I hid within 
my heart, that I should not sin 
against thee. 

4 Blessed art thou, O Lord; O 
•teach me thy statutes! 

5 With my lips have I been tell¬ 
ing of all the judgments of thy 
mouth. 

6 I have had as great delight in 
the way of thy testimonies, as in all 
manner of riches. 

71 will talk of thy commandments, 
and have respect unto thy ways. 

8 My delight shall be in thy stat¬ 
utes, and I will not forget thy word. 

Retribue servo tuo. 

DO well unto thy servant; that 
I may live,and keep thy word. 

2 Open thou mine eyes; that I 
may see the wondrous things of thy 
law. 

3 I am a stranger upon earth; O 
hide not thy commandments from 
me! 

4 My soul breaketh out for the 
very fervent desire that it hath al- 
way unto thy judgments. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the proud ; 
and cursed are they that do err from 
thy commandments. 

6 O turn from me shame and re¬ 
buke ; for 1 have kept thy testimo- 
. nies. 

7 Princes also did sit and speak 
against me; but thy servant is oc¬ 
cupied in thy statutes. 


[Day 25 

8 For thy testimonies are my de¬ 
light, and my counsellors. 

Adhcesit pavimento. 

Y soul cleaveth to the dust; O 
quicken thou me, according 
to thy word. 

2 I have acknowledged my ways, 
and thou heardest me: O teach me 
thy statutes! 

3 Make me to understand the way 
of thy commandments; and so shall 
I talk of thy wondrous works. 

4 My soul melteth away for very 
heaviness; comfort thou me accord¬ 
ing unto thy word. 

5 Take from me the way of 
lying, and cause thou me to make 
much of thy law. 

6 I have chosen the way of truth, 
and thy judgments have I laid be¬ 
fore me. 

7 I have stuck unto thy testimo¬ 
nies ; O Lord, confound me not! 

8 I will run the way of thy com¬ 
mandments, when thou hast set my 
heart at liberty. 


THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Legem pone . 

EACH me, O Lord, the way of 
thy statutes, and 1 shall keep 
it unto the end. 

2 Give me understanding, and I 
shall keep thy law; yea, I shall keep 
it with my whole heart. 

3 Make me to go in the path of 
thy commandments; for therein is 
my desire. 

4 Incline mine heart unto thy tes¬ 
timonies, and not to covetousness. 

5 O turn away mine eyes, lest 
they behold vanity; and quicken 
thou me in thy way. 

6 O stablish thy word in thy ser¬ 
vant, that I may fear thee. 

7 Take away the rebuke that I 
am afraid of; for thy judgments are 
good. 








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8 Behold, my delight is in thy 
commandments; O quicken me in 
thy righteousness. 

Et veniat super me. 

ET thy loving mercy come also 
unto me, O Lord, even thy sal¬ 
vation, according unto thy word. 

2 So shall I make answer unto 
my blasphemers ; for my trust is in 
thy word. 

3 O take not the word of thy truth 
utterly out of my mouth ; for my 
hope is in thy judgments. 

4 So shall I alway keep thy law; 
yea, for ever and ever. 

5 And I will walk at liberty; for 
I seek thy commandments. 

6 I will speak of thy testimonies 
also, even before kings, and will not 
be ashamed. 

7 And my delight shall be in thy 
commandments, which I have loved. 

8 My hands also will I lift up 
unto thy commandments, which I 
have loved; and my study shall be 
in thy statutes. 

Memor esto servi tui. 
THINK upon thy servant, as 
concerning thy word, wherein 
thou hast caused me to put my trust. 

2 The same is my comfort in my 
trouble; for thy word hath quickened 
me. 

3 The proud have had me ex¬ 
ceedingly in derision; yet have I not 
shrinked from thy law. 

4 For I remembered thine ever¬ 
lasting judgments, O Lord, and re¬ 
ceived comfort. 

5 I am horribly afraid, for the un¬ 
godly that forsake thy law. 

6 Thy statutes have been my 
songs, in the house of my pilgrim¬ 
age. 

7 I have thought upon thy Name, 
O Lord, in the night-season, and 
have kept thy law. 

8 This I had, because I kept thy 
commandments. 


Portio meo ,, Domine. 

HOU art my portion, O Lord ; 
I have promised to keep thy 

law. 

2 I made my humble petition in 
thy presence with my whole heart; 
O be merciful unto me, according to 
thy word. 

3 I called mine own ways to re¬ 
membrance, and turned my feet 
unto thy testimonies. 

4 I made haste, and prolonged 
not the time, to keep thy command¬ 
ments. 

5 The congregations of the un¬ 
godly have robbed me; but I have 
not forgotten thy law. 

6 At midnight I will rise to give 
thanks unto thee, because of thy 
righteous judgments. 

7 I am a companion of all them 
that fear thee, and keep thy com¬ 
mandments. 

8 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy 
mercy: O teach me thy statutes ! 

Bonitatem fecisti. 

LORD, thou hast dealt gra¬ 
ciously with thy servant, ac¬ 
cording unto thy word. 

2 O learn me true understanding 
and knowledge; for I have believed 
thy commandments. 

3 Before I was troubled, I went 
wrong; but now have I kept thy 
word. 

4 Thou art good and gracious; 
O teach me thy statutes! 

5 The proud have imagined a lie 
against me; but I will keep thy com¬ 
mandments with my whole heart. 

6 Their heart is as fat as brawn; 
but my delight hath been in thy 
law. 

7 It is good for me that I have 
been in trouble; that I may learn 
thy statutes. 

8 The law of thy mouth is dearer 
unto me than thousands of gold and 
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EVENING PRAYER. 


Manus tu<z fecerunt me. 

HY hands have made me and 
fashioned me : O give me un¬ 
derstanding, that I may learn thy 
commandments. 

2 They that fear thee will be glad 
when they see me; because I have 
put my trust in thy word. 

3 I know, O Lord, that thy judg¬ 
ments are right, and that thou of 
very faithfulness hast caused me to 
be troubled. 

4 O let thy merciful kindness be 
my comfort, according to thy word 
unto thy servant. 

5 O let thy loving mercies come 
unto me, that I may live; for thy 
law is my delight. 

6 Let the proud be confounded, 
for they go wickedly about to destroy 
me; but I will be occupied in thy 
commandments. 

7 Let such as fear thee, and have 
known thy testimonies, be turned 
unto me. 

8 O let my heart be sound in thy 
statutes, that I be not ashamed. 

Defecit anima mea. 

M Y soul hath longed for thy sal¬ 
vation, and I have a good 
hope because of thy word. 

2 Mine eyes long sore for thy word; 
saying, O when wilt thou comfort me? 

3 For I am become like a bottle 
in the smoke; yet do I not forget 
thy statutes. 

4 How many are the days of thy 
servant ? when wilt thou be avenged 
of them that persecute me ? 

5 The proud have digged pits for 
me, which are not after thy law. 

6 All thy commandments are true: 
they persecute me falsely; O be thou 
my help. 

7 They had almost made an end 
of me upon earth ; but I forsook not 
thy commandments 

8 O quicken me after thy loving- 


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kindness; and so shall I keep the 
testimonies of thy mouth. 

In ceternum ) Domine. 
LORD, thy word endureth for 
ever in heaven. 

2 Thy truth also remaineth from 
one generation to another; thou 
hast laid the foundation of the earth, 
and it abideth. 

3 They continue this day accord¬ 
ing to thine ordinance; for all things 
serve thee. 

4 If my delight had not been in 
thy law, I should have perished in 
my trouble. 

5 I will never forget thy com¬ 
mandments ; for with them thou 
hast quickened me. 

6 I am thine: O save me, for I 
have sought thy commandments. 

7 The ungodly laid wait for me, 
to destroy me; but I will consider 
thy testimonies. 

8 I see that all things come to an 
end; but thy commandment is ex¬ 
ceeding broad. 

Quomodo dilexi! 

ORD, what love have I unto 
thy law! all the day long is my 
study in it. 

2 Thou, through thy command¬ 
ments, hast made me wiser than mine 
enemies; for they are ever with me. 

3 I have more unrlerstanding 
than my teachers; for thy testimo¬ 
nies are my study. 

4 I am wiser than the aged ; be¬ 
cause I keep thy commandments. 

5 I have refrained my feet from 
every evil way, that I may keep thy 
word. 

6 I have not shrunk from thy 
judgments; for thou teachest me. 

7 O how sweet are thy words unto 
my throat; yea, sweeter than honey 
unto my mouth! 

8 Through thy commandments 
I get understanding: th >ref >re ! hi te 
all evil ways. 







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THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Lucerna pedibus meis. 
mHY word is a lantern unto my 
J_ feet, and a light unto my paths. 

2 I have sworn, and am stead¬ 
fastly purposed, to keep thy right¬ 
eous judgments. 

3 I am troubled above measure: 
quicken me, O Lord, according to thy 
word. 

4 Let the free-will offerings of my 
mouth please thee, O Lord; and 
teach me thy judgments. 

5 My soul is alway in my hand; 
yet do I not forget thy law. 

6 The ungodly have laid a snare 
for me; but yet I swerved not from 
thy commandments. 

7 Thy testimonies have I claimed 
as mine heritage for ever; and why? 
they are the very joy of my heart. 

8 I have applied my heart to ful¬ 
fil thy statutes alway, even unto 
the end. 

Iniquos odio habui. 

HATE them that imagine evil 
things; but thy law do I love. 

2 Thou art my defence and shield; 
and my trust is in thy word. 

3 Away from me, ye wicked : I 
will keep the commandments of my 
God. 

4 O stablish me according to thy 
word, that I may live; and let me 
not be disappointed of my hope. 

5 Hold thou me up, and I shall 
be safe; yea, my delight shall be 
ever in thy statutes. 

6 Thou hast trodden down all 
them that depart from thy statutes ; 
for they imagine but deceit. 

7 Thou puttest away all the un¬ 
godly of the earth like dross; there¬ 
fore I love thy testimonies. 

8 My flesh trembleth for fear of 
thee; and I am afraid of thy judg¬ 
ments. 


Feci judicium . 

DEAL with the thing that is 
lawful and right; O give me not 
over unto mine oppressors! 

2 Make thou thy servant to de¬ 
light in that which is good, that the 
proud do me no wrong. 

3 Mine eyes are wasted away 
with looking for thy health, and for 
the word of thy righteousness. 

4 O deal with thy servant accord 
ing unto thy loving mercy, and 
teach me thy statutes. 

5 I am thy servant; O grant me 
understanding, that I may know thy 
testimonies. 

6 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay 
to thine hand; for they have destroyed 
thy law. 

7 For I love thy commandments 
above gold and precious stones. 

8 Therefore hold I straight all thy 
commandments; and all false ways 
I utterly abhor. 

Mirabilia. 

HY testimonies are wonderful; 
therefore doth my soul keep 

them. 

2 When thy word goeth forth, it 
giveth light and understanding unto 
the simple. 

3 I opened my mouth, and drew 
in my breath; for my delight was in 
thy commandments. 

4 O look thou upon me, and be 
merciful unto me, as thou usest to do 
unto those that love thy Name. 

5 Order my steps in thy word; 
and so shall no wickedness have 
dominion over me. 

6 O deliver me from the wrongful 
dealings of men; and so shall I keep 
thy commandments. 

7 Show the light of thy counte¬ 
nance upon thy servant, and teach 
me thy statutes. 

8 Mine eyes gush out with 
water, because men keep not thy 
law. 




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Justus es ) Domine. 
IGHTEOUS art thou, OLord; 
and true is thy judgment. 

2 The testimonies that thou hast 
commanded are exceeding righteous 
and true. 

3 My zeal hath even consumed 
me; because mine enemies have for¬ 
gotten thy words. 

4 Thy word is tried to the utter¬ 
most, and thy servant loveth it. 

5 I am small and of no reputa¬ 
tion ; yet do I not forget thy com¬ 
mandments. 

6 Thy righteousness is an ever¬ 
lasting righteousness, and thy law 
is the truth. 

7 Trouble and heaviness have 
taken hold upon me; yet is my de¬ 
light in thy commandments. 

8 The righteousness of thy testi¬ 
monies is everlasting: O grant me 
understanding, and I shall live. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Clamavi in toto corde meo. 
CALL with my whole heart; 
hear me, O Lord; I will keep thy 
statutes. 

2 Yea, even unto thee do I call; 
help me, and I shall keep thy testi¬ 
monies. 

3 Early in the morning do I cry 
unto thee; for in thy word is my 
trust. 

4 Mine eyes prevent the night 
watches; that I might be occupied 
in thy words. 

5 Hear my voice, O Lord, accord¬ 
ing unto thy loving-kindness; quick¬ 
en me according as thou art wont. 

6 They draw nigh that of malice 
persecute me, and are far from thy 
law. 

7 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord; 
for all thy commandments are true. 

8 As concerning thy testimonies, 
I have known long since, that thou 
hast grounded them for ever. 


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Vide humilitatem. 

O CONSIDER mine adversity, 
and deliver me, for I do not 
forget thy law. 

2 Avenge thou my cause, and 
deliver me; quicken me according 
to thy word. 

3 Health is far from the ungodly; 
for they regard not thy statutes. 

4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord; 
quicken me as thou art wont. 

5 Many there are that trouble me, 
and persecute me; yet do I not 
swerve from thy testimonies. 

6 It grieveth me when I see the 
transgressors; because they keep not 
thy law. 

7 Consider, O Lord, how I love 
thy commandments ; O quicken me 
according to thy loving-kindness. 

8 Thy word is true from everlast¬ 
ing ; all the judgments of thy right¬ 
eousness endure for evermore. 
Principes persecuti sunt. 
RINCES have persecuted me 
without a cause; but my heart 
standeth in awe of thy word. 

2 I am as glad of thy word, as 
one that findeth great spoils. 

3 As for lies, I hate and abhor 
them; but thy law do I love. 

4 Seven times a day do I praise 
thee ; because of thy righteous judg¬ 
ments. 

5 Great is the peace that they 
have who love thy law; and they 
are not offended at it. 

6 Lord, I have looked for thy 
saving health, and done after thy 
commandments. 

7 My soul hath kept thy testimo¬ 
nies, and loved them exceedingly. 

8 I have kept thy commandments 
and testimonies; for all my ways are 
before thee. 

Appropinquet deprecatio. 

ET my complaint come before 
thee, O Lord; give me under¬ 
standing according to thy word. 









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2 Let my supplication come be¬ 
fore thee; deliver me according to 
thy word. 

3 My lips shall speak of thy praise, 
when thou hast taught me thy 
statutes. 

4 Yea, my tongue shall sing of 
thy word; for all thy command¬ 
ments are righteous. 

5 Let thine hand help me; for I 
have chosen thy commandments. 

6 I have longed for thy saving 
health, O Lord ; and in thy law is 
my delight. 

7 O let my soul live, and it shall 
praise thee; and thy judgments 
shall help me. 

8 I have gone astray like a sheep 
that is lost; O seek thy servant, for 
I do not forget thy commandments. 


THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 120. Ad Dominum. 

W HEN I was in trouble, I call¬ 
ed upon the Lord and he 
heard me. 

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from 
lying lips, and from a deceitful 
tongue. 

3 What reward shall be given or 
done unto thee, thou false tongue ? 
even mighty and sharp arrows, with 
hot burning coals. 

4 Wo is me, that I am constrained 
to d well with Mesech, and to have my 
habitation among the tents of Kedar! 

5 My soul hath long dwelt among 
them that are enemies unto peace. 

6 I labour for peace ; but when I 
speak unto them thereof, they make 
them ready to battle. 

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos. 
WILL lift up mine eyes unto 
the hills, from whence cometh 
my help. 

2 My help cometh even from the 
Lord, who hath made heaven and 
earth. 


3 He will not suffer thy foot to be 
moved; and he that keepeth thee 
will not sleep. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel 
shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

5 The Lord himself is thy keep¬ 
er; the Lord is thy defence upon 
thy right hand; 

6 So that the sun shall not burn 
thee by day, neither the moon by 
night. 

7 The Lord shall preserve thee 
from all evil; yea, it is even he that 
shall keep thy soul. 

8 The Lord shall preserve thy 
going out, and thy coming in, from 
this time forth for evermore. 

Psalm 122. Lcetatus sum. 
WAS glad when they said unto 
me, We will go into the house of 
the Lord. 

2 Our feet shall stand in thy 
gates, O Jerusalem. 

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that 
is at unity in itself. 

4 For thither the tribes go up, 
even the tribes of the Lord, to testify 
unto Israel, to give thanks unto the 
Name of the Lord. 

5 For there is the seat of judg¬ 
ment, even the seat of the house of 
David. 

6 O pray for the peace of Jerusa¬ 
lem ; they shall prosper that love 
thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, and 
plenteousness within thy palaces. 

8 For my brethren and compan¬ 
ions’sakes, I will wish thee prosperity. 

9 Yea, because of the house of 
the Lord our God, I will seek to do 
thee good. 

Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos 
meos. 

NTO thee lift I up mine eyes,, 
O Thou that dwellest in the 

heavens. 

2 Behold, even as the eyes of ser¬ 
vants look unto the hand of their 






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masters, and as the eyes of a maiden 
unto the hand of her mistress, even 
so our eyes wait upon the Lord our 
God, until he have mercy upon us. 

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 
have mercy upon us; for we are ut¬ 
terly despised. 

4 Our soul is filled with the scorn¬ 
ful reproof of the wealthy, and with 
the despitefulness of the proud. 

Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus. 
F the Lord himself had not been 
on our side, now may Israel say; 
if the Lord himself had not been on 
our side, when men rose up against us; 

2 They had swallowed us up 
quick ; when they were so wrath- 
<ully displeased at us. 

3 Yea, the waters had drowned 
us, and the stream had gone over 
our soul. 

4 The deep waters of the proud 
had gone even over our soul. 

5 But praised be the Lord who 
hath not given us over for a prey 
unto their teeth. 

6 Our soul is escaped even as a 
bird out of the snare of the fowler; 
the snare is broken, and we are de¬ 
livered. 

7 Our help standeth in the Name 
of the Lord, who hath made heaven 
and earth. 

Psalm 125. Qui confidant. 
HEY that put their trust in the 
Lord shall be even as the Mount 
Sion, which may not be removed, 
but standeth fast for ever. 

2 The hills stand about Jerusa¬ 
lem ; even so standeth the Lord 
round about his people, from this 
time forth for evermore. 

3 For the rod of the ungodly 
cometh not unto the lot of the right¬ 
eous ; lest the righteous put their 
hand unto wickedness. 

4 Do well, O Lord, unto those 
that are good and true of heart. 

5 As for such as turn back unto 


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their own wickedness, the Lord shall 
lead them forth with the evil doers ; 
but peace shall be upon Israel. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 126. In convertendo. 
HEN the Lord turned again 
the captivity of Sion, then 
were we like unto them that dream. 

2 Then was our mouth filled with 
laughter, and our tongue with joy. 

3 Then said they among the 
heathen, The Lord hath done great 
things for them. 

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great 
things for us already; whereof we 
rejoice. 

5 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as 
the rivers in the south. 

6 They that sow in tears shall 
reap in joy. 

7 He that now goeth on his way 
weeping, and beareth forth good 
seed, shall doubtless come again with 
joy, and bring his sheaves with him. 

Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus. 
XCEPT the Lord build the 
house, their labour is but lost 
that build it. 

2 Except the Lord keep the city, 
the watchmen waketh but in vain. 

3 It* is but lost labour that ye 
haste to rise up early, and so late 
take rest, and eat the bread of care¬ 
fulness ; for so he giveth his beloved 
sleep. 

4 Lo, children, and the fruit of 
the womb, are an heritage and gift 
that cometh of the Lord. 

5 Like as the arrows in the hand 
of the giant, even so are the young 
children. 

6 Happy is the man that hath 
his quiver full of them ; they shall 
not be ashamed when they speak 
with their enemies in the gate. 

Psalm 128. Beati omnes. 

B LESSED are all they that fear 
the Lord, and walk in his ways. 
2 For thou shalt eat the labour 


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Day 28.] 

of thine hands: 0 well is thee, and 
happy shalt thou be! 

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful 
vine upon the walls of thine house. 

4 Thy children like the olive 
branches, round about thy table. 

5 Lo, thus shall the man be 
blessed that feareth the Lord. 

6 The Lord from out of Sion 
shall so bless thee, that thou shalt 
see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy 
life long. 

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy 
children’s children, and peace upon 
Israel. 

Psalm 129. Scepe expugnaverunt. 
ANY a time have they fought 
against me from my youth 
up, may Israel now say: 

2 Yea, many a time have they 
vexed me from my youth up; but 
they have not prevailed against me. 

3 The plowers plowed upon my 
back, and made long furrows. 

4 But the righteous Lord hath 
hewn the snares of the ungodly in 
pieces. 

5 Let them be confounded and 
turned backward, as many as have 
evil will at Sion. 

6 Let them be even as the grass 
growing upon the house-tops, which 
withereth afore it be plucked up; 

7 Whereof the mower filleth not 
his hand, neither he that bindeth up 
the sheaves his bosom. 

8 So that they who go by say 
not so much as, The Lord prosper 
you; we wish you good luck in the 
Name of the Lord. 

Psalm 130. De profundis. 

UT of the deep have I called 
unto thee, O Lord ; Lord, hear 
my voice. 

2 O let thine ears consider well 
the voice of my complaint. 

3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme 
to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, 
who may abide it ? 

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4 For there is mercy with thee; 
therefore shalt thou be feared. 

5 I look for the Lord ; my soul 
doth wait for him; in his word is 
my trust. 

6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord 
before the morning watch; I say, 
before the morning-watch. 

7 O Israel, trust in the Lord ; for 
with the Lord there is mercy, and 
with him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from 
all his sins. 

Psalm 131. Domine, non est. 
ORD, I am not high-minded; 
I have no proud looks. 

2 I do not exercise myself in great 
matters which are too high for me. 

3 But I refrain my soul, and keep 
it low, like as a child that is weaned 
from his mother: yea, my soul is 
even as a weaned child. 

4 O Israel, trust in the Lord from 
this time forth for evermore. 


THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 

Psalm 132. Memento , Domine. 
ORD, remember David, and all 
his trouble: 

2 How he sware unto the Lord, 
and vowed a vow unto the Almighty 
God of Jacob; 

3 I will not come within the taber¬ 
nacle of mine house, nor climb up 
into my bed; 

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to 
sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber; 
neither the temples of my head to 
take any rest; 

5 Until I find out a place for the 
temple of the Lord ; an habitation 
for the mighty God of Jacob. 

6 Lo, we heard of the same at 
Ephrata, and found it in the wood. 

7 We will go into his tabernacle, 
and fall low on our knees before his 
footstool. 


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8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting- 
place ; thou, and the ark of thy 
strength. 

9 Let thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness ; and let thy saints 
sing with joyfulness. 

10 For thy servant David’s sake, 
turn not away the presence of thine 
Anointed. 

11 The Lord hath made a faith¬ 
ful oath unto David, and he shall 
not shrink from it; 

12 Of the fruit of thy body shall 
T set upon thy seat. 

13 If thy children will keep my 
covenant, and my testimonies that I 
shall learn them ; their children also 
shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 

14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion 
to be an habitation for himself; he 
hath longed for her. 

15 This shall be my rest for ever: 
here will I dwell, for I have a de¬ 
light therein. 

16 I will bless her victuals with 
increase, and will satisfy her poor 
with bread. 

J? I will deck her priests with 
health, and her saints shall rejoice 
and sing. 

18 There shall I make the horn 
of David to flourish: I have ordained 
a lantern for mineAnointed. 

19 As for his enemies, I shall 
clothe them with shame; but upon 
himself shall his crown flourish. 

Psalm 133. Ecce quam bonum. 
EHOLD, how good and joyful 
a thing it is, brethren, to dwell 
together in unity! 

2 It is like the precious ointment 
upon the head, that ran down unto 
the beard, even unto Aaron’s beard, 
and went down to the skirts of his 
clothing. 

3 Like as the dew of Hermon, 
which fell upon the hill of Sion. 

4 For there the Lord promised 
his blessing, and life for evermore. 


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Psalm 134. Ecce nunc . 
EHOLD now, praise the Lord, 
all ye servants of the Lord. 

2 Ye that by night stand in the 
house of the Lord, even in the courts 
of the house of our God. 

3 Lift up your hands in the sanc¬ 
tuary, and praise the Lord. 

4 The Lord, that made heaven 
and earth, give thee blessing out of 
Sion. 

Psalm 135. Laudate Nomen. 

O PRAISE the Lord, laud ye 
the Name of the Lord ; praise 
it, O ye servants of the Lord. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of 
the Lord, in the courts of the house 
of our God. 

3 O praise fhe Lord, for the Lord 
is gracious ; O sing praises unto his 
Name, for it is lovely. 

4 For why? the Lord hath cho¬ 
sen Jacob unto himself, and Israel 
for his own possession. 

5 For I know that the Lord is 
great, and that our Lord is above 
all gods. 

6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, 
that did he in heaven, and in earth; 
in the sea, and in all deep places. 

7 He bringeth forth the clouds 
from the ends of the world, and send- 
eth forth lightnings with the rain, 
bringing the winds out of his trea¬ 
sures. 

8 He smote the first-born of 
Egypt, both of man and beast. 

9 He hath sent tokens and won¬ 
ders into the midst of thee, O thou 
land of Egypt; upon Pharaoh, and 
all his servants. 

10 He smote divers nations, and 
slew mighty kings; 

11 Sehon, king of the Amorites; 
and Og, the king of Basan ; and all 
the kingdoms of Canaan; 

12 And gave their land to be an 
heritage, even an heritage unto Is¬ 
rael his people. 






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13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth 
for ever; so doth thy memorial, O 
Lord, from one generation to another. 

14 For the Lord will avenge his 
people, and be gracious unto his 
servants. 

15 As for the images of the hea¬ 
then, they are but silver and gold ; 
the work of men’s hands. 

16 They have mouths, and speak 
not; eyes have they, but they see 
not. 

17 They have ears, and yet they 
hear not; neither is there any breath 
in their mouths. 

18 They that make them are 
like unto them ; and so are all they 
that put their trust in them. 

19 Praise the Lord, ye house of 
Israel; praise the Lord, ye house of 
Aaron. 

20 Praise the Lord, ye house of 
Levi; ye that fear the Lord, praise 
the Lord. 

21 Praised be the Lord out of 
Sion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 

EVENING PRAYER. 
Psalm 136. Conjitemini Domino. 
GIVE thanks unto the Lord, 
for he is gracious:and his mer¬ 
cy endureth for ever. 

2 O give thanks unto the God of 
all gods; for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

3 O thank the Lord of all lords; 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 Who only doeth great wonders: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

5 Who by his excellent wisdom 
made the heavens: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

6 Who laid out the earth above 
the waters : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

7 Who hath made great lights: 
for his mercy endureth for ever: 

8 The sun to rule the day: for 
his mercy endureth for ever: 

9 The moon and the stars to 


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govern the night: for his mercy en¬ 
dureth for ever. 

10 Who smote Egypt, with their 
first-born: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

11 And brought out Israel from 
among them: for his mercy endur¬ 
eth for ever: 

12 With a mighty hand and 
stretched-out arm: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

13 Who divided the Red Sea in 
two parts: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

14 And made Israel to go through 
the midst of it: for his mercy en¬ 
dureth for ever. 

15 But as for Pharaoh and his 
host, he overthrew them in the Red 
Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

16 Who led his people through 
the wilderness: for his mercy en¬ 
dureth for ever. 

17 Who smote great kings: for 
his mercy endureth for ever: 

18 Yea, and slew mighty kings: 
for his mercy endureth for ever: 

19 Sehon, king of the Amorites: 
for his mercy endureth for ever: 

20 And Og, the king of Basan: 
for his mercy endureth for ever: 

21 And gave away their land for 
an heritage: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

22 Even for an heritage unto 
Israel, his servant: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

23 Who remembered us when 
we were in trouble: for his mercy 
endureth for ever : 

24 And hath delivered us from 
our enemies: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

25 Who giveth food to all flesh: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

26 O give thanks unto the God 
of heaven: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

27 O give thanks unto the Lord of 
lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 


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Psalm 137. Super flumina. 

Y the waters of Babylon we 
sat down and wept, when we 
remembered thee, O Sion. 

2 As for our harps, we hanged them 
up upon the trees that are therein. 

3 For they that led us away cap¬ 
tive, required of us then a song, and 
melody in our heaviness: Sing us 
one of the songs of Sion. 

4 How shall we sing the Lord’s 
song in a strange land ? 

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, 
let my right hand forget her cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let 
my tongue cleave to the roof of my 
mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusa¬ 
lem in my mirth. 

7 Remember the children of Edom, 
O Lord in the day of Jerusalem ; 
how they said, Down with it, down 
with it, even to the ground. 

8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted 
with misery ; yea, happy shall he 
be that rewardeth thee as thou hast 
served us. 

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh 
thy children, and throweth them 
against the stones. 

Psalm 138. Coiifitebor tibi. 
WILL give thanks unto thee, O 
Lord, with my whole heart; even 
before the gods will I sing praise 
unto thee. 

2 I will worship toward thy holy 
temple, and praise thyName,because 
of thy loving-kindness and truth; for 
thou hast magnified thy Name and 
thy Word, above all things. 

3 When I called upon thee, thou 
heardest me; and enduedstmy soul 
with much strength. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall 
praise thee, O Lord ; for they have 
heard the words of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways 
of the Lord, that great is the glory 
of the Lord. 

6 For though the Lord be high, 
yet hath he respect unto the lowly; 


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as for the proud, he beholdeth them 
afar off. 

7 Though I walk in the midst of 
trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me; 
thou shalt stretch forth thy hand up¬ 
on the furiousness of mine enemies, 
and thy right hand shall save me. 

8 The Lord shall make good his 
loving-kindness toward me; yea, thy 
mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; 
despise not then the works of thine 
own hands. 


THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 139. Domine , probasti. 
LORD, thou hast searched 
me out, and known me. Thou 
knowest my down-sitting, and mine 
up-rising ; thou understandest my 
thoughts long before. 

2 Thou art about my path, and 
about my bed; and spiest out all my 
ways. 

3 For lo, there is not a word in my 
tongue, but thou, O Lord, knowest it 
altogether. 

4 Thou hast fashioned me be¬ 
hind and before, and laid thine hand 
upon me. 

5 Such knowledge is too wonder¬ 
ful and excellent for me ; I cannot 
attain unto it. 

6 Whither shall I go then from 
thy Spirit? or whither shall I go 
then from thy presence? 

7 If I climb up into heaven, thou 
art there; if I go down to hell, thou 
art there also. 

8 If I take the wings of the morn¬ 
ing, and remain in the uttermost 
parts of the sea; 

9 Even there also shall thy hand 
lead me, and thy right hand shall 
hold me. 

10 If I say, Peradventure the dark¬ 
ness shall cover me ; then shall my 
night be turned to day. 

11 Yea, the darkness is no dark¬ 
ness with thee, but the night is as 






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clear as the day ; the darkness and 
light to thee are both alike. 

12 For my reins are thine ; thou 
hast covered me in my mother’s 
womb. 

13 I will give thanks unto thee, 
for I am fearfully and wonderfully 
made: marvellous are thy works, and 
that my soul knoweth right well. 

14 My bones are not hid from 
thee, though I be made secretly, and 
fashioned beneath in the earth. 

15 Thine eyes did see my sub¬ 
stance, yet being imperfect ; and 
in thy book were all my members 
written ; 

16 Which day by day were fash¬ 
ioned, when as yet there was none 
of them. 

17 How dear are thy counsels un¬ 
to me, O God ; O how great is the 
sum of them! 

18 If I tell them, they are more 
in number than the sand; when I 
wake up, I am present with thee. 

19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, 
O God ? Depart from me, ye blood¬ 
thirsty men. 

20 For they speak unrighteously 
against thee; and thine enemies 
take thyName in vain. 

21 Do not I hate them, OLord, 
that hate thee? and am not I grieved 
with those that rise up against thee ? 

22 Yea, I hate them right sore; 
even as though they were mine ene¬ 
mies. 

23 Try me, O God, and seek the 
ground of my heart; prove me, and 
examine my thoughts. 

24 Look well if there be any way 
of wickedness in me; and lead me 
in the way everlasting. 

Psalm 140. Eripe me , Domine. 
ELIYER me, O Lord from the 
evil man; and preserve me 
from the wicked man ; 

2 Who imagine mischief in their 
hearts, and stir up strife all the day 
long. 


3 They have sharpened their 
tongues like a serpent; adder’s poi¬ 
son is under their lips. 

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the 
hands of the ungodly; preserve me 
from the wicked men, who are pur¬ 
posed to overthrow my goings. 

5 The proud have laid a snare 
for me, and spread a net abroad with 
cords; yea, and set traps in my way. 

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art 
my God, hear the voice of my prayers, 
O Lord. 

7 O Lord God, thou strength of 
my health ; thou hast covered my 
head in the day of battle. 

8 Let not the ungodly have his 
desire, O Lord; let not his mischiev¬ 
ous imagination prosper, lest they be 
too proud. 

9 Let the mischief of their own 
lips fall upon the head of them that 
compass me about. 

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon 
them ; let them be cast into the fire, 
and into the pit, that they never rise 
up again. 

11 A man full of words shall not 
prosper upon the earth: evilshallhunt 
the wicked person to overthrow him. 

12 Sure I am that the Lord will 
avenge the poor, and maintain the 
cause of the helpless. 

13 The righteous also shall give 
thanks unto thy Name; and the just 
shall continue in thy sight. 

Psalm 141. Domine , clamavi. 

ORD, I call upon thee; haste 
thee unto me, and consider my 
voice, when I cry unto thee. 

2 Let my prayer be set forth in 
thy sight as the incense; and let the 
lifting up of my hands be an even¬ 
ing sacrifice. 

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
mouth, and keep the door of my lips. 

4 O let not mine heart be inclined 
to any evil thing; let me not be 
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men that work wickedness, lest I 
eat of such things as please them. 

5 Let the righteous rather smite 
me friendly, and reprove me. 

6 But let not their precious balms 
break my head; yea, I will pray yet 
against their wickedness. 

7 Let their judges be overthrown 
in stony places, that they may 
hear my words; for they are sweet. 

8 Our bones lie scattered before 
the pit, like as when one breaketh 
and heweth wood upon the earth. 

9 But mine eyes look unto thee, 
O Lord God ; in thee is my trust; 
O cast not out my soul. 

10 Keep me from the snare that 
they have laid for me, and from the 
traps of the wicked doers. 

11 Let the ungodly fall into their 
own nets together, and let me ever 
escape them. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 142. Voce mea ad Domi- 
num. 

CRIED unto the Lord with my 
voice; yea, even unto the Lord 
did I make my supplication. 

2 I poured out my complaints 
before him, and showed him of my 
trouble. 

3 When my spirit was in heavi¬ 
ness, thou knewest my path; in the 
way wherein I walked, have they 
privily laid a snare for me. 

4 I looked also upon my right 
hand, and saw there was no man 
that would know me. 

5 I had no place to flee unto, and 
no man cared for my soul. 

6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and 
said, Thou art my hope, and my 
portion in the land of the living. 

7 Consider my complaint; for I 
am brought very low. 

8 O deliver me from my persecu¬ 
tors ; for they are too strong for me. 

9 Bring my soul out of prison, 
that I may give thanks unto thy 


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Name; which thing if thou wilt 
grant me, then shall the righteous 
resort unto my company. 

Psalm 143. Domine , exaadi . 
EAR my prayer, O Lord, and 
consider my desire; hearken 
unto me for thy truth and righteous¬ 
ness’ sake. 

2 And enter not into judgment 
with thy servant; for in thy sight 
shall no man living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted 
my soul; he hath smitten my life 
down to the ground; he hath laid 
me in the darkness, as the men that 
have been long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed 
within me, and my heart within me 
is desolate. 

5 Yet do I remember the time 
past: I muse upon all thy works; 
yea, I exercise myself in the works 
of thy hands. 

6 I stretch forth my hands unto 
thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as 
a thirsty land. 

7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon; 
for my spirit waxeth faint: hide not 
thy face from me, lest I be like unto 
them that go down into the pit. 

8 O let me hear thy loving-kind¬ 
ness betimes in the morning; for in 
thee is my trust: show thou me the 
way that I should walk in; for I lift 
my soul unto thee. 

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine 
enemies; for I flee unto thee to hide 
me. 

10 Teach me to do the thing that 
pleaseth thee ; for thou art my God : 
let thy loving Spirit lead me forth 
into the land of righteousness. 

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy 
Name’s sake ; and for thy righteous¬ 
ness’ sake bring my soul out of 
trouble. 

12 And of thy goodness slay 
mine enemies, and destroy all them 
that vex my soul; for I am thy ser¬ 
vant. 





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Day 30.] 

THE THIRTIETH DAY. 

MORNING PRAYER. 
Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus. 
LESSED be the Lord, my 
strength, who teacheth my 
hands to war, and my fingers to 
fight. 

2 My hope and my fortress, my 
castle and deliverer, my defender 
in whom I trust; who subdueth my 
people that is under me. 

3 Lord, what is man, that thou 
hast such respect unto him ! or the son 
of man, that thou so regardest him ! 

4 Man is like a thing of naught; 
his time passeth away like a shadow. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and 
come down ; touch the mountains, 
and they shall smoke. 

6 Cast forth thy lightning, and 
tear them; shoot out thine arrows, 
and consume them. 

7 Send down thine hand from 
above ; deliver me, and take me out 
of the great waters, from the hand 
of strange children; 

8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity, 
and their right hand is a right hand 
of wickedness. 

9 I will sing a new song unto 
thee, O God ; and sing praises unto 
thee upon a ten-stringed lute. 

10 Thou hast given victory unto 
kings, and hast delivered David thy 
servant, from the peril of the sword. 

11 Save me, and deliver me from 
the hand of strange children, whose 
mouth talketh of vanity, and their 
right hand is a right hand of in¬ 
iquity : 

12 That our sons may grow up 
as the young plants, and that our 
daughters may be as the polished 
corners of the temple : 

13 That our garners may be full 
and plenteous with all manner of 
store ; that our sheep may bring 
forth thousands, and ten thousands 
in our streets: 


14 That our oxen maybe strong 
to labour; that there be no decay, 
no leading into captivity, and no 
complaining in our streets. 

15 Happy are the people that are 
in such a case; yea, blessed are the 
people who have the Lord for their 
God. 

Psalm 145. Exaltctbo te : Deus. 
WILL magnify thee, O God, 
my King; and I will praise thy 
Name for ever and ever. 

2 Every day will I give thanks 
unto thee, and praise thy Name for 
ever and ever. 

3 Great is the Lord, and marvel¬ 
lous worthy to be praised ; there is 
no end of his greatness. 

4 One generation shall praise thy 
works unto another, and declare thy 
power. 

5 As for me, I will be talking of 
thy worship, thy glory, thy praise, 
and wondrous works; 

6 So that men shall speak of the 
might of thy marvellous acts ; and 
I will also tell of thy greatness. 

7 The memorial of thine abun¬ 
dant kindness shall be showed; and 
men shall sing of thy righteousness. 

8 The Lord is gracious and mer¬ 
ciful ; long-suffering, and of great 
goodness. 

9 The Lord is loving unto every 
man, and his mercy is over all his 
works. 

10 All thy works praise thee, O 
Lord; and thy saints give thanks 
unto thee. 

11 They show the glory of thy 
kingdom, and talk of thy power ; 

12 That thy power, thy glory, 
and mightiness of thy kingdom, 
might be known unto men. 

13 Thy kingdom is an everlast¬ 
ing kingdom, and thy dominion en- 
duretli throughout all ages. 

14 The Lord upholdeth all such 
as fall, and lifteth up all those that 
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15 The eyes of all wait upon 
thee, O Lord; and thou givest them 
their meat in due season. 

16 Thou openest thine hand, and 
fillest all things living with plente¬ 
ousness. 

17 The Lord is righteous in all 
his ways, and holy in all his works. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto all 
them that call upon him; yea, all 
such as call upon him faithfully. 

19 He will fulfil the desire of 
them that fear him; he also will 
hear their cry, and will help them. 

20 The Lord preserveth all them 
that love him; but scattereth abroad 
all the ungodly. 

21 My mouth shall speak the 
praise of the Lord ; and let all flesh 
give thanks unto his holy Name for 
ever and ever. 

Psalm 146. Lauda , anima mea. 
RAISE the Lord, O my soul: 
while I live, will I praise the 
Lord ; yea, as long as I have any be¬ 
ing, I will sing praises unto my God. 

2 O put not your trust in princes, 
nor in any child of man ; for there 
is no help in them. 

3 For when the breath of man 
goeth forth, he shall turn again to 
his earth, and then all his thoughts 
perish. 

4 Blessed is he that hath the God 
of Jacob for his help, and whose 
hope is in the Lord his God : 

5 Who made heaven and earth, 
the sea,and all that therein is; who 
keepeth his promise for ever; 

6 Who helpeth them to right 
that suffer wrong; who feedeth the 
hungry. 

7 The Lord looseth men out of 
rison; the Lord giveth sight to the 
find. 

8 The Lord helpeth them that 
are fallen; the Lord careth for the 
righteous. 

9 The Lord careth for the stran¬ 
ger; he defendeththe fatherless and 


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widow: as for the way of the un¬ 
godly, he turneth it upside down. 

10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, 
shall be King for evermore, and 
throughout all generations. 

EVENING PRAYER. 

Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE the Lord, for it is a 
good thing to sing praises unto 
our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant 
thing it is to be thankful. 

2 The Lord doth build up Jeru¬ 
salem, and gather together the out¬ 
casts of Israel. 

3 He healeth those that are broken 
in heart, and giveth medicine to heal 
their sickness. 

4 He telleth the number of the 
stars, and calleth them all by their 
names. 

5 Great is our Lord, and great is 
his power; yea, and his wisdom is 
infinite. 

6 The LoRDsetteth up.the meek, 
and bringeth the ungodly down to 
the ground. 

7 O sing unto the Lord with 
thanksgiving; sing praises upon the 
harp unto our God : 

8 Who covereth the heaven with 
clouds? and prepareth rain for the 
earth; and maketh the grass to grow 
upon the mountains, and herb for 
the use of men; 

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cat¬ 
tle, and feedeth the young ravens 
that call upon him. 

10 He hath no pleasure in the 
strength of an horse ; neither de- 
lighteth he in any man’s legs. 

11 But the Lord’s delight is in 
them that fear him, and put their 
trust in his mercy. 

12 Praise the Lord,0 Jerusalem; 
praise thy God, O Sion. 

13 For he hath made fast the 
bars of thy gates, and hath blessed 
thy children within thee. 

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ders, and filleth thee with the flour 
of wheat. 

15 He sendeth forth his com¬ 
mandment upon earth, and his word 
runneth very swiftly. 

16 He givetli snow like wool, and 
scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like mor¬ 
sels : who is able to abide his frost ? 

18 He sendeth out his word, and 
melteth them: he bloweth with his 
wind, and the waters flow. 

19 He showeth his word unto Ja¬ 
cob, his statutes and ordinances unto 
Israel. 

20 He hath not dealt so with any 
nation ; neither have the heathen 
knowledge of his laws. 

Psalm 148. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE the Lord of heaven : 
praise him in the height. 

2 Praise him, all ye angels of his: 
praise him, all his hosts. 

3 Praise him, sun and moon: 
praise him, all ye stars and light. 

4 Praise him, all ye heavens, and 
ye waters that are above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the Name of 
the Lord: for he spake the word, 
and they were made; he command¬ 
ed, and they were created. 

6 He hath made them fast for 
ever and ever: he hath given them 
a law which shall not be broken. 

7 Praise the Lord upon earth, ye 
dragons and all deeps : 

8 Fire and hail, snow and va¬ 
pours, wind and storm, fulfilling his 
word : 

9 Mountains and all hills; fruit¬ 
ful trees and all cedars : 

10 Beasts and all cattle; worms 
and feathered fowls: 

11 Kings of the earth, and all 
people ; princes, and all judges of the 
world: 

12 Young men and maidens, old 
men and children, praise the Name 
of the Lord: for his Name only is 

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excellent, and his praise above hea¬ 
ven and earth. 

13 He shall exalt the horn of his 
people : all his saints shall praise 
him ; even the children of Israel, 
even the people that serveth him. 

Psalm 149. Cantate Domino. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song; let the congregation of 
saints praise him. 

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that 
made him, and let the children of 
Sion be joyful in their King. 

3 Let them praise his Name in 
the dance: let them sing praises 
unto him with tablet and harp. 

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in 
his people, and helpeth the meek- 
hearted. 

5 Let the saints be joyful with 
glory; let them rejoice in their beds. 

6 Let the praises of God be ir. 
their mouth; and a two-edged sword 
in their hands ; 

7 To be avenged of the heathen, 
and to rebuke the people; 

8 To bind their kings in chains, 
and their nobles with links of iron. 

9 That they may be avenged of 
them ; as it is written, Such honour 
have all his saints. 

Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE God in his holiness: 
praise him in the firmament of 
his power. 

2 Praise him in his noble acts: 
praise him according to his excellent 
greatness. 

3 Praise him in the sound of the 
trumpet: praise him upon the lute 
and harp. 

4 Praise him in the cymbals and 
dances: praise him upon the strings 
and pipe. 

5 Praise him upon the well-tuned 
cymbals: praise him upon the loud 

cymbals. 

6 Let everything that hath breath 
praise the Lord. 

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[ 274 ] 

ARTICLES OF RELIGION- 

As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal, Church 
iu the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth Day of September, in the 
Year of our Lord 1801. 


Art. I. Of Faith, in the Holy Trinity. 

HERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, 
without body, parts, or passions; ofinfinite power, 
wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all 
things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this 
Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, 
and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 

Art. II. Of the Word, or Son of Ood, which was made 
very Man. 

The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten 
from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, 
and of one substance with the Father, took Man’s nature 
m the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so 
that two whole and perfect Matures, that is to say, the 
Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Per¬ 
son, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, 
and very Man ; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, 
and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a 
sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual 
sins of men. 

Art. III. Of the going doicn of Christ into Hell. 

As Christ died for us, and was buried; so also is it to 
be believed, that he went down into Hell. 

Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ- 

Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again 
his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining 
to the perfectionof Man’snature; wherewith he ascended 
into heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all 
Men at the last day. 

Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost. 

The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the 
Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the 
Father and the Son, very and eternal God. 

Art. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for 
Salvation. 

Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to sal¬ 
vation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may 
be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that 
it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be 
thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name 
of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical 
Books of the Old and New Testament, of v/hose author¬ 
ity was never any doubt in the Church. 

Of the Names and Number of trie Canonical Books. 

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The 
Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The 
Second Book of Kings The First Book of Chronicles, 
The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Es- 
dras, The Second Book of Esdras, The Book of Esther, 
The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes 
or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets 
the greater, Twelve Prophets the less. 

And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church 
doih read for example of life and instruction of man¬ 
ners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any 
doctrine; such are these following: 

The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Es¬ 
dras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest 
■ of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the 
Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the 
Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the 
Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of 
Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees. 

All the Books of the New Testament, as they are 
commonly received, we do receive, and account them 
►Canonical 

Art. VII. Of the Old Testament. 

The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for 
bom in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is 
offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator 


between God and Man, being both God and Man. 
Wherelore they are not to be heard, which feign that the 
old Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Al¬ 
though the Law given from God by Moses, as touching 
Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor 
the Civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be re¬ 
ceived in any commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, no 
Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of 
the Commandments whicli are called Moral. 

Art. VIII. Of the Creeds. 

The Nicme Creed, and that which is commonly called 
the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and 
believed : for they may be proved by most certain war¬ 
rants of Holy Scripture. 

Art. IX. Of Original or Birth-Sin. 

Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as 
the Pelagians do vainly talk;] but it is the fault and cor¬ 
ruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is en¬ 
gendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very 
far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own 
nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always 
contrary to the Spirit; and therefore in every person bom 
into this world, it deserveth God’s wrath and damnation. 
And this infection ofnature doth remain, yea in them that 
are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in 
Greek (ppouppa aapKos , (which some do expound the 
wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the 
desire, of the flesh,) is not subject to the I.aw of God. 
And although there is no condemnation tor them that be¬ 
lieve and are baptized ; yet the Apostle doth confess, that 
concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. 

Art.X. Of Frec-lVxll. 

The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, 
that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own nat 
ural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon 
God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works 
pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God 
by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, 
and working with us, when we have that good will. 

Art. XI. Of the Justification of Alan. 

We are accounted righteous before God, only for the 
merit o&our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, 
and not for our own works or deservings. Wherelore, 
that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome 
Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is 
expressed in the Homily of Justification. 

Art. XII. Of Good Works. 

Albeit that Good Works, which arc the fruits of Faith, 
and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, 
and endure the severity of God’s judgment; yet are 
they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ., and do 
spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ; inso¬ 
much that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently 
known, as a tree discerned by the fruit. 

Art. XIII. Of Works before Justification. 

Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspi¬ 
ration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch 
as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ; neither do 
they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the Sehool- 
authors say) deserve grace of eongruity : yea rather, for 
that they are not done as God hath willed and command¬ 
ed them to be done, we doubt not but, they have the 
nature of sin. 

Art. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. 

Voluntary Works besides, over and above, God’s Com¬ 
mandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, 
cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety: for by 
them men do declare, that they do not only render unto 
God as much as (hey are bound to do, but that they do 
more for his sake, than of bounden duty is required: 
whereas Christ saith plainly, When ye have done all that 
are commanded to you,say,We are unprofitable servants- 









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Art. XV. Of Christ alone without Sin. 

Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto 
us in all things, sin only except, from which he was 
clearly void, both in his flesh, and in his spirit. He came 
to be the Lamb without spot, who, by sacrifice of himself 
once made, should take away the sins of the world ; and 
sin (as St. John saith) was not in him. IJut all we the 
rest, although baptized, and born again in Christ, yet 
ofiend in many things; and if we say we have no sin, 
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

Art. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. 

Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Bap¬ 
tism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. 
Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied 
to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have 
received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace 
given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may 
arise again, and amend our lives. And therefore they 
are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin 
as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgive¬ 
ness to such as truly repent. 

Art. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. 

Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of 
God, whereby (before the foundations ofthe world were 
laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to 
us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he 
hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them 
by Chrisi to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to 
honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so ex¬ 
cellent a benefit of God, be called according to God’s 
purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they 
through Grace obey the calling : they be justified freely : 
they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made 
like the image of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ : 
they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by 
God’s mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. 

As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our 
Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and un¬ 
speakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in 
themselves the working ofthe Spirit of Christ, mortify¬ 
ing the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, 
and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, 
as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm 
their faith of eternal Salvation to be enjoyed through 
Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love 
towards God: So, for curious and carnal persons, lack¬ 
ing the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their 
eyes the sentence ofGod’s Predestination, is a most dan¬ 
gerous downfall, whereby the Devil doth thrust them 
either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of most 
unclean living, no less perilous than desperation. 

Furthermore, we must receive God’s promises in such 
wise, as they be generally set forth to us in Holy Scrip¬ 
ture : and, iri our doings, that Will of God is to be fol¬ 
lowed, which we have expressly declared unto us in 
the Word of God. 

Art. XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only ly the 
Name of Christ. 

They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, 
That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which 
he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life 
according to that Law and the light of Nature. For 
Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of 
Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. 

Art. XIX. Of the Church. 

The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faith¬ 
ful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, 
and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to 
Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity 
are requisite to the same. 

As the Church of Jerusalem^ Alexandria , and Antioch , 
have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not 
only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also 
in matters of Faith. 

Art. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. 

The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, 
and authority in Controversies of Faith: and yet it is not 
lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary 
to God’s Word written, neither may it so expound one 
place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. 
Wherefore, allhough the Church be a witness and a 
keeper of Holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any 


thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to 
enforce any thing to be believed lor necessity ol Salvation 

Art. XXL Of the Authority of General Councils.* 
Art. XXII. Of Purgatory. 

The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardon, 
Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of 
Relics, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing, 
vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of 
Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. 

Art. XXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation. 

It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office 
of public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in 
the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent 
to execute the same. And those we ought to judge 
lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to 
this work by men who have public authority given umo 
them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers 
into the Lord’s vineyard. 

Art. XXIV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a 
Tongue as the people understandeth. 

It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, 
and the custom ofthe Primitive Church, to have public 
Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in 
a tongue not understanded of the people. 

Art. XXV. Of the Sacraments. 

Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or 
tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they be 
certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and 
God’s good will towards us, by the which he doth work 
invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also 
strengthen and confirm our Faith in him. 

There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord 
in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper 
of the Lord. 

Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to 
say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and 
Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments 
ofthe Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the 
corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of 
life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like 
nature of Sacraments with Baptism and the Lord’s 
Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or cere¬ 
mony ordained of God. 

The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be 
gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that we should 
duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive 
the same, they have a wholesome effect or operation: 
but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to 
themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. 

Art. XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers , which 
hinders not the effect of the Sacraments. 

Although in the visible Church the evil be ever min¬ 
gled with the good, and sometimes the evil have chief 
authority in the Ministration of the Word and Sacra¬ 
ments, yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their 
own name, but in Christ’s, and do minister by his com¬ 
mission and authority, we may use their Ministry, both 
in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving the Sacra¬ 
ments. Neither is the effect of Christ’s ordinance taken 
away by their wickedness, nor the grace of God’s gifts 
diminished from such as by faith, and rightly, do receive 
the Sacraments ministered urito them ; which be effect¬ 
ual,because of Christ’s institution and promise, although 
they be ministered by evil men. 

Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the discipline of the 
Church, that inquiry be made of evil Ministers, and that 
they be accused by those that have knowledge of their 
offences; and finally, being found guilty, by just judg¬ 
ment be deposed. 

Art. XXVII. Of Baptism. 

Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark 
of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned f rom 
others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of Re¬ 
generation. or New Birth,whereby, as by an instrument, 
they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the 
Church ; the promises ofthe forgiveness ofsin, andofour 
adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are 


* The 21st of the former Articles is omitted ; because 
it is partly of a local and civil nature, and is provided 
for, as to the remaining parts of it, in other Articles. 






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visibly signed and sealed ; Faith is confirmed, and Grace 
increased by virtue ofprayer unto God. The Baptism of 
young Children is in any wise to be retained in the 
Church, as most agreeable with the institution of Christ. 

Art. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. 

The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love 
that Christians ought to have among themselves one to 
another; but rather it is a Sacrament of our Redemption 
by Christ’s death: insomuch that to such as rightly, 
worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread 
which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ; 
and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the 
Blood of Christ. 

Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of 
Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be 
proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain 
words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacra¬ 
ment, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. 

The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the 
Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. 
And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received 
and eaten in the Supper, is Faith. 

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was not by 
Christ’s ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or 
worshipped. 

Art. XXIX. Of the Wicked , which eat not the Body of 
Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper. 

The Wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, 
although they do carnally and visibly press with their 
teeth (as Saint. Jlupustine saith) the Sacrament of the 
Body and Blood of Christ; yet in no wise are they par¬ 
takers of Christ: but rather, to their condemnation, do 
eat and drink the sign or Sacrament of so great a thing. 

Art. XXX. Of both Kinds. 

The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay- 
people: for both the parts of the Lord’s Sacrament, by 
Christ’s ordinance and commandment, ought to be min¬ 
istered to all Christian men alike. 

Art. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon 
the Cross. 

The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect re¬ 
demption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins 
of the whole world, both original and actual; and there 
is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Where¬ 
fore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was com¬ 
monly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick 
and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were 
blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. 

Art. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. 

Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by 
God’s Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to 
abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, 
as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own 
discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better 
to godliness. 

Art. XXXIII. Of excommunicate Persons , how they are 
to be avoided. 

That person which by open denunciation of the Church 
is rightly cut off from the unity of the Church, and ex¬ 
communicated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude 
of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be 
openly reconciled by penance, and received into the 
Church by a Judge that hath authority thereunto. 

Art. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church. 

It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be 
In all places one, or utterly like; for at all times they 
have been divers, and may be changed according to the 
diversity of countries, times, and men’s manners, so that 
nothing be ordained against God’s Word. Whosoever, 
through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, 
doth openly break the Traditions and Ceremonies of the 
Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, 
and be ordained and approved by common authority, 
ought to be rebuked openly, (that others may fear to do 
the like,) as he that offendet h against the common order of 
the Church, and hurteth the authority of the Magistrate, 
and woundeth t he consciences of the weak brethren. 


Every particular or national Church hath authority to 
ordain, change, and abolish, Ceremonies or Rites of the 
Church ordained only by man’s authority, so that all 
things be done to edifying. 

Art. XXXV. Of the Homilies. 

The Second Book of Homilies, the several titles 
whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain 
a godly and wholesome Doctrine, and necessary for 
these times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, which 
were set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth; and 
therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the 
Ministers, diligently and distinctly, that they may be 
understanded of the people. 

Of the Names of the Homilies. 

1. Of the right Use of the Church. 

2. Against Peril of Idolatry. 

3. Of repairing and keeping clean of Churches. 

4. Of good Works: first of Fasting. 

5. Against Gluttony and Drunkenness. 

6. Against Excess of Apparel. 

7. Of Prayer. 

8. Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 

9. That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be 

ministered in a known tongue. 

10. Of the reverend Estimation of God's Word. 

11. Of Alms-doing. 

12. Of the Nativity of Christ. 

13. Of the Passion of Christ. 

14. Of the Resurrection of Christ. 

15 Of the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the 
Body and Blood of Christ. 

16. Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 

17. For the Rogation-days. 

18. Of the State of Matrimony 

19. Of Repentance. 

20. Against Idleness 

21. Against Rebellion. 

[This Article is received in this Church, so far as it 
declares the Books of Homilies to be an explication of 
Christian doctrine, and instructive in piety and morals. 
But all references to the constitution and laws of England 
are considered as inapplicable to the circumstances of 
this Church ; which also suspends the order for the read¬ 
ing of said Homilies in churches, until a revision of 
them may be conveniently made, for the clearing of 
them, as well from obsolete words and phrases, as from 
the local references .] f 

Art. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. 

The Book of Consecration of Bishops, and Ordering of 
Priests and Deacons, as set forth by the General Conven¬ 
tion of itiis Church in 1792, doth contain all things neces¬ 
sary to such Consecration and Ordering; neither hath it 
any thing that, of itself, is superstitious and ungodly. 
And, therefore, whosoever are consecrated or ordered 
according to said Form, we decree all such to be rightly, 
orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. 

Art. XXXVII. Of the Power of the Civil Magistrates. 

The Power of the Civil Magistrate extendeth to all 
men, as well Clergy as Laity, in all things temporal; but 
hath no authority in things purely spiritual. And we 
hold it to be the duty of all men who are professors of 
the Gospel, to pay respectful obedience to the Civil Au¬ 
thority, regularly and legitimately constituted. 

Art. XXXVIII. Of Christian Men's Goods , which are 
not common. 

The Riches and Goods of Christians ore not common, 
as touching the right, title, and possession of the same; 
as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast. Notwithstand¬ 
ing, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, 
liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his ability. 

Art. XXXIX. Of a Christian Man's Oath. 

As we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden 
Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his 
Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not 
prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate 
requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done 
according to the Prophet’s teaching, in justice, judgment, 
and truth. 



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THE FORM AND MANNER OF 

MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING 

BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS; 

ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, AND LAITY OF SAID CHURCH, 
IN GENERAL CONVENTION, IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1792. 


THE PREFACE. 

It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles’ time there 
have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ’s Church,—Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were ever¬ 
more had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called, 
tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same ; and also by public Prayer, with 
Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that 
these Orders may be continued, and reverent ly used and esteemed in this Church, no man shall be accounted or taken 
to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he 
be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had Episco¬ 
pal Consecration or Ordination. 

And none shall be admitted a Deacon, Priest, or Bishop, except he be of the age which the Canon in that case 
provided may require. 

And the Bishop, knowing either by himself or by sufficient testimony, any Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, 
and without crime ; and, after examination and trial, finding him sufficiently instructed in the Holy Scripture, and 
otherwise learned as the Canons require, may, at the times appointed, or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other 
day, in the face of the Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as followeth. 


THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING DEACONS. 

^ When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall 
be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted 
Deacons ; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the People 
ought to esteem them in their office. 


H A Priest shall present unto the Bishop, sit¬ 
ting in his chair near the Holy Table, such 
as desire to be ordained Deacons, each of 
them being decently habited, saying these 
words, 

R everend Father in God, i 

present unto you these persons 
present, to be admitted Deacons. 
The Bishop. 

AKE heed that the persons, 
whom ye present unto us, be 
apt and meet, for their learning and 
godly conversation, to exercise their 
Ministry duly, to the honour of God, 
and the edifying of his Church. 

IT The Priest shall answer: 

1 HAVE inquired concerning 
them, and also examined them, 
and think them so to be. 

T Then the Bishop shall say unto the People: 

"|3RETHREN, if there be any 
JO of you who knoweth any Im¬ 
pediment, or notable Crime, in any 
of these persons presented to be or¬ 
dered Deacons, for the which he 


ought not to be admitted to that 
Office, let him come forth in the 
Name of God, and show what the 
Crime or Impediment is. 

IT And if any great Crime or Impediment 
be objected, the Bishop shall cease from 
Ordering that person, until such time as the 
party accused shall be found clear of that 
Crime. 

IT Then the Bishop (commending such aa 
shall be found meet to be Ordered, to the 
Prayers of the Congregation) shall, with 
the Clergy and People present, say the 
Litany. 

IT Then shall be said the Service for the Com¬ 
munion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gos¬ 
pel, as followeth. 

The Collect. 

LM1GHTY God, who by thy 
Divine Providence hast ap¬ 
pointed divers Orders of Ministers in 
thy Church, and didst inspire thine 
Apostles to choose into the Order of 
Deacons the first Martyr Saint Ste¬ 
phen, with others ; Mercifully be¬ 
hold these thy servants now called 
to the like Office and Administration: 









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THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 


so replenish them with the truth of 
thy Doctrine, and adorn them with 
innocency of life, that, both by word 
and good example, they may faith¬ 
fully serve thee in this office, to the 
glory of thy Name, and the edifica¬ 
tion of thy Church; through the 
merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, now and for 
ever. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 8. 
IKEWISE must the Deacons 
be grave, not double-tongued, 
not given to much wine, not greedy 
of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery 
of the faith in a pure conscience. 
And let these also first be proved ; 
then let them use the Office of a 
Deacon, being found blameless. 
Even so must their wives be grave, 
not slanderers, sober, faithful in all 
things. Let the Deacons be the 
husbands of one wife, ruling their 
children and their own houses well. 
For they that have used the Office 
of a Deacon well, purchase to them¬ 
selves a good degree, and great 
boldness in the faith which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

IT Or else this, out of the Sixth Chapter of 
the Acts of the Apostles. 

Acts vi. 2. 

HEN the twelve called the mul¬ 
titude of the disciples unto them, 
and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the Word of God, and 
serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, 
look ye out among you seven men 
of honest report, full of the Holy 
Ghost and wisdom, whom we may i 
appoint over this business. But we 
will give ourselves continually to 
prayer, and to the ministry of the 
Word. And the saying pleased the 
whole multitude. And they chose 
Stephen, a man full of faith and of 
the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and 
Prochorus, andNicanor,and Timon, 
and Parmenas, and Nicolas a prose¬ 


lyte of Antioch ; whom they set be 
fore the Apostles; and when they 
had prayed, they laid their hands on 
them. And the Word of God in¬ 
creased, and the number of the dis¬ 
ciples multiplied in Jerusalem great 
ly, and a great company of the Priests 
were obedient to the faith. 

IT Then shall the Bishop examine every one 
of those who are to be Ordered, in the 
presence of the People, after this manner 
following. 

D O you trust that you are in¬ 
wardly moved by the Holy 
Ghost to take upon you this Office 
and Ministration, to serve God for 
the promoting of his glory, and the 
edifying of his people ? 

Answer. I trust so. 

The Bishop. 

O you think that you are truly 
called according to the will of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, and accord¬ 
ing to the Canons of this Church, to 
the Ministry of the same ? 

Answer. I think so. 

The Bishop. 

O you unfeignedly believe all 
the Canonical Scriptures of 
the Old and New Testament ? 
Answer. I do believe them. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you diligently read the 
same unto the people assem¬ 
bled in the Church where you shall 
be appointed to serve? 

Answer. I will. 

The Bishop. 

T appertaineth to the Office of a 
Deacon, in the Church where he 
; shall be appointed to serve, to assist 
the Priest in Divine Service, and spe¬ 
cially when he ministereth the Holy 
Communion, and to help him in the 
distribution thereof; and to read 
Holy Scriptures and Homilies in the 
Church; and to instruct the youth 
in the Catechism; in the absence 
of the Priest to baptize, infants; and 
to preach, if he be admitted thereto 









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by the Bishop. And furthermore, | 
it is his Office, where provision is so 
made, to search for the sick, poor, 
and impotent people of the Parish, 
to intimate their estates, names, and 
places where they dwell, unto the 
Curate, that by his exhortation they 
may be relieved with the alms of the 
Parishioners, or others. Will you do 
this gladly and willingly ? 

Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of God. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you apply all your dili¬ 
gence to frame and fashion 
your own lives, and the lives of your 
families, according to the Doctrine 
of Christ; and to make both your¬ 
selves and them, as much as in you 
lieth, wholesome examples of the 
flock of Christ? 

Answer. I will do so, the Lord 
being my helper. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you reverently obey your 
Bishop, and other chief Min¬ 
isters, who, according to the Canons 
of the Church, may have the charge 
and government over you ; follow¬ 
ing with a glad mind and will their 
godly admonitions ? 

Answer. I will endeavour so to 
do, the Lord being my helper. 

T Then the Bishop, laying his Hands 
severally upon the Head of every one of 
them, humbly kneeling before him, shall 
say, 

rglAKE thou Authority to execute 
Jl the Office of a Deacon in the 
Church of God committed unto thee; 
In the Name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one 
of them the New Testament, saying, 

T AKE thou Authority to read the 
Gospel in the Church of God, 
and to preach the same, if thou be 
thereto licensed by the Bishop him¬ 
self. 

T Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, 
shall read 


The Gospel. St. Luke xii. 35. 

L ET your loins be girded about, 
and your lights burning; and ye 
yourselves like unto men, that wait 
for their Lord, when he will return 
from the wedding; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may 
open unto him immediately. Blessed 
are those servants, whom the Lord 
when he cometh shall find watch¬ 
ing. Verily, I say unto you, that he 
shall gird himself, and make them to 
sit down to meat, and will come 
forth and serve them. And if he 
shall come in the second watch, or 
come in the third watch, and find 
them so, blessed are those servants. 

IT Then shall the Bishop proceed in the 
Communion ; and all who are Ordered shal. 
tarry, and receive the Holy Communion the 
same day, with the Bishop. 

IF The Communion ended, after the last Col¬ 
lect, and immediately before the Ben¬ 
ediction, shall be said this Collect follow¬ 
ing. 

A lmighty God, giver of ail 

good things, who of thy great 
goodness hast vouchsafed to accept 
and take these thy servants unto the 
Office of Deacons in thy Church: 
Make them, we beseech thee, O Lord, 
to be modest, humble, and constant 
in their Ministration, to have a ready 
will to observe all spiritual Disci¬ 
pline ; that they having always the 
testimony of a good conscience, and 
continuing ever stable and strong in 
thy Son Christ, may so well behave 
themselves in this inferior Office, that 
they may be found worthy to be 
called unto the higher Ministries in 
thy Church; through the same thy 
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory and honour, world 
without end. Amen. 

HE peace of God, which pass- 
eth all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord: And the bless¬ 
ing of God Almighty, the Fatheiy 







THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. 


'.he Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 

T And here it must be declared unto the 
Deacon, that he must continue in that 
Office of a Deacon the space of a whole 
\ ear, (except for reasonable causes it 
shall otherwise seem good unto the 
Bishop,) to the intent he may be perfect 


and well expert in the things appertain¬ 
ing to the Ecclesiastical Administration. 
In executing whereof, if he be found 
faithful and dilligent, he may be admitted 
by his Diocesan to the Order of Priest¬ 
hood, at the times appointed in the Canon ; 
or else, on urgent occasion, upon some 
other day, in the face of the Church, in 
such manner and form as hereafter foliow- 
eth. 


THE FORM AND MANNER OF ORDERING PRIESTS. 

^ When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there 
shall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to 
be admitted Priests ; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also, 
how the People ought to esteem them in their Office. 


H A Priest shall present unto the Bishop, 
sitting in his Chair, near to the Holy Table, 
all those who are to receive the Order of 
Priesthood that day, each of them being 
decently habited, and shall say, 

EVEREND Father in God, I 
present unto you these persons 
present, to be admitted to the Order 
of Priesthood. 

The Bishop. 

AKE heed that the persons, 
whom ye present unto us, be 
apt and meet, for their learning and 
godly conversation, to exercise their 
Ministry duly,to the honour of God, 
and the edifying of his Church. 

IT The Priest shall answer: 

I HAVE inquired concerning 
them, and also examined them, 
and think them so to be. 

Then the Bishop shall say unto the People: 

G OOD People, these are they 
whom we purpose, God wil¬ 
ling, to receive this day unto the holy 
Office of Priesthood: for after due 
examination, we find not to the con¬ 
trary, but that they are lawfully 
called to theirFunction and Ministry, 
and that they are persons meet for 
the same. But yet, if there be any of 
you, who knoweth any Impediment, 
or notable Crime, in any of them, for 
the which he ought not to be received 
into his holy Ministry, let him come 
forth in the Name of God, and show 
what the Crime or Impediment is. 


^ And if any great Crime or Impediment be 
objected, the Bishop shall cease from Or¬ 
dering that person, until such time as the 
party accused shall be found clear of that 
Crime. 

IT Then the Bishop (commending such as 
shall be found meet to be Ordered, to the 
Prayers of the Congregation) shall, with 
the Clergy and People present, say the 
Litany, with the Prayers, as is before 
appointed in the Form of Ordering Dea¬ 
cons ; save only, that in the proper Suf¬ 
frage there added, the word Deacons shall 
be omitted, and the word Priests inserted 
instead of it. 

IT Then shall be said the Service for the Com¬ 
munion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gos¬ 
pel, as followeth. 

The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, giver of all 
good things, who by thy Holy 
Spirit hast appointed divers Orders 
of Ministers in the Church ; Merci¬ 
fully behold these thy servants now 
called to the Office of Priesthood; 
and so replenish them with the truth 
of thy doctrine, and adorn them with 
innocency of life, that, both by word 
and good example, they may faith¬ 
fully serve thee in this office, to the 
glory ofthyName,and the edification 
of thy Church ; through the merits of 
our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, world without end. Amen. 
The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. 
NTO every one of us is given 
grace, according to the measure 
of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he 












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saith, When he ascended up on high, 
he led captivity captive, and gave 
gifts unto men. (Now that he as¬ 
cended, what is it but that he also 
descended first into the lower parts 
of the earth ? He that descended, 
is the same also that ascended up 
far above all heavens, that he might 
fill all things.) And he gave some 
Apostles, and some Prophets, and 
some Evangelists, and some Pastors 
and Teachers; for the perfecting of 
the Saints, for the work of the Minis¬ 
try, for the edifying of the Body of 
Christ: till we all come in the unity of 
the faith, and of the knowledge of 
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of Christ. 

V After this shall be read for the Gospel part 
of the ninth Chapter of Saint Matthew, as 
followeth. 

St. Matt. ix. 36. 

HEN Jesus saw the multi¬ 
tudes, he was moved with 
compassion on them, because they 
fainted, and were scattered abroad 
as sheep having no shepherd. Then 
saith he unto his disciples, The har¬ 
vest truly is plenteous, but the labour¬ 
ers are few. Pray ye therefore the 
Lord of the harvest, that he will 
send forth labourers into his harvest. 

IT Or else this that followeth, out of the tenth 
Chapter of Saint John. 

St. John X. 1. 

ERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
He that entereth not by the door 
into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up 
some other way, the same is a thief 
and a robber. But he that entereth 
in by the door is the Shepherd of 
the sheep. To him the porter open- 
eth, and the sheep hear his voice; 
and he calleth his own sheep by 
name, and leadeth them out. And 
when he putteth forth his own sheep, 
he goeth before them, and the sheep 
follow him ; for they know his voice. 
And a stranger will they not follow, 

MM 


but will flee from him; for they 
know not the voice of strangers. 
This parable spake Jesus unto them, 
but they understood not what things 
they were which he spake unto 
them. Then said Jesus unto them 
again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
I am the door of the sheep. All 
that ever came before me are thieves 
and robbers ; but the sheep did not 
hear them. I am the door; by me 
if any man enter in, he shall be 
saved, and shall go in and out, and 
find pasture. The thief cometh not 
but for to steal, and to kill, and to 
destroy: I am come that they might 
have life, and that they might have 
it more abundantly. I am the good 
Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth 
his life for the sheep. But he that 
is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, 
whose own the sheep are not, seeth 
the wolf coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth; and the wolt 
catcheth them, and scattereth the 
sheep. The hireling fleeth, because 
he is an hireling, and careth not for 
the sheep. I am the good Shepherd, 
and know my sheep, and am known 
of mine. As the Father knoweth 
me, even so know I the Father: 
and I lay down my life for the sheep. 
And other sheep I have, which are 
not of this fold: them also I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice ; 
and there shall be one fold, and one 
Shepherd. 

IT Then the Bishop shall say unto them as 
followeth. 

Y E have heard, Brethren, as 
well in your private examina¬ 
tion, as in the exhortation which 
was now made to you, and in the 
holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel, 
and the writings of the Apostles, of 
what dignity, and of how great im¬ 
portance this Office is, whereunto ye 
are called. And now again we ex¬ 
hort you, in the Name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that ye have in remem- 






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brance, into how high a Dignity, and 
to how' weighty an Office and Charge 
ye are called: that is to say, to be 
Messengers, Watchmen, and Stew¬ 
ards of the Lord; to teach, and to pre¬ 
monish, to feed and provide for the 
Lord’s family; to seek for Christ’s 
sheep that are dispersed abroad, and 
for his children who are in the midst 
of this naughty world, that they may 
be saved through Christ for ever. 

Have always therefore printed in 
your remembrance, how great a 
treasure is committed to your charge. 
For they are the sheep of Christ, 
wffiich he bought with his death, and 
for whom he shed his blood. The 
Church and Congregation whom you 
must serve, is his Spouse, and his 
Body. And if it shall happen that the 
same Church, or any Member there¬ 
of, do take any hurt or hindrance by 
reason of your negligence, ye know 
the greatness of the fault, and also the 
horrible punishment that will ensue. 
Wherefore consider with yourselves 
the end of the Ministry towards the 
children of God, towards the Spouse 
and Body of Christ; and see that ye 
never cease your labour, your care 
and diligence, until ye have done all 
that lieth in you, according to your 
bounden duty, to bring all such as 
are or shall be committed to your 
charge, unto that agreement in the 
faith and knowledge of God, and 
to that ripeness and perfectness of 
age in Christ, that there be no 
place left among you, either for 
error in religion, or for viciousness 
in life. 

Forasmuch then as your Office is 
both of so great excellency, and of 
so great difficulty, ye see with how 
great care and study ye ought to 
apply yourselves, as well to show 
yourselves dutiful and thankful unto 
that Lord, who hath placed you in 
so high a Dignity; as also to beware 
that neither you yourselves offend, 


nor be occasion that others offend. 
Howbeit ye cannot have a mind and 
will thereto of yourselves; for that 
will and ability is given of God alone: 
therefore ye ought, and have need, 
to pray earnestly for his Holy Spirit. 
And seeing that ye cannot by any 
other means compass the doing of 
so weighty a work, pertaining to the 
salvation of man, but with doctrine 
and exhortation taken out of the Ho¬ 
ly Scriptures, and with a life agree¬ 
able to the same; consider how stu¬ 
dious ye ought to be in reading and 
learning the Scriptures, and in fram¬ 
ing the manners both of yourselves, 
and of them that specially pertain 
unto you, according to the rule of the 
same Scriptures; and for this self¬ 
same cause, how ye ought to forsake 
and set aside, as much as ye may, all 
worldly cares and studies. 

We have good hope that ye have 
well weighed these things with your¬ 
selves, long before this time; and 
that ye have clearly determined, by 
God’s grace, to give yourselves 
wholly to this Office, whereunto it 
hath pleased God to call you: so 
that, as much as lieth in you, ye will 
applyjmurselves wholly to this one 
thing, and draw all your cares and 
studies this way; and that ye will 
continually pray to God the Father, 
by the Mediation of our only Saviour 
Jesus Christ, for the heavenly assist¬ 
ance of the HolyGhost; that, by daily 
reading and weighing the Scriptures, 
ye may wax riper and stronger in 
your Ministry; and that ye may so 
endeavour yourselves, from time to 
time, to sanctify the lives of you and 
yours, and to fashion them after the 
Rule and Doctrine of Christ, that 
ye may be wholesome and godly 
examples and patterns for the people 
to follow. 

And now, that this present Con¬ 
gregation of Christ may also under¬ 
stand your minds and wills in these 



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things, and that this your promise 
may the more move you to do your 
duties; ye shall answer plainly to 
these things, which we, in the Name 
of God, and of his Church, shall 
demand of you touching the same. 
O you think in your heart, that 
you are truly called, according 
to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and according to the Canons of this 
Church, to the Order and Ministry 
of Priesthood? 

Answer. I think it. 

The Bishop. 

A RE you persuaded that theHoly 
-LJL Scriptures contain all Doctrine 
required as necessary for eternal sal¬ 
vation through faith in Jesus Christ? 
A.nd are you determined, out of the 
said Scriptures to instruct the people 
committed to your charge, and to 
;each nothing, as necessary to eter¬ 
nal salvation, but that which you 
shall b^ persuaded may be conclud¬ 
ed and proved by the Scripture ? 

Answer. I am so persuaded, and 
have so determined, by God’s grace. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you then give your faith¬ 
ful diligence always so to 
minister the Doctrine and Sacra¬ 
ments, and the Discipline of Christ, 
as the Lord hath commanded, and 
as this Church hath received the 
same, according to the Command¬ 
ments of God; so that you may 
teach the people committed to your 
Cure and Charge with all diligence 
to keep and observe the same ? 

Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of the Lord. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you be ready, with all 
faithful diligence, to banish 
and drive away from the Church all 
erroneous and strange doctrines 
contrary to God’s Word ; and to use 
both public and private monitions 
and exhortations, as well to the sick 


as to the whole, within your Cures, 
as need shall require, and occasion 
shall be given ? 

Answer. I will, the Lord being 
my helper. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you be diligent in Pray¬ 
ers, and in reading the Holy 
Scriptures, and in such studies as 
help to the knowledge of the same, 
laying aside the study of the world 
and the flesh ? 

Answer. I will endeavour so to 
do, the Lord being my helper. 

The Bishop. 

ILL you be diligent to frame 
and fashion your own selves, 
and your families, according to the 
Doctrine of Christ; and to make 
both yourselves and them, as much 
as in you lieth, wholesome examples 
and patterns to the flock of Christ ? 

Answer. I will apply myself 
thereto, the Lord being my helper. 
The Bishop. 

ILL you maintain and set 
forwards, as much as lieth 
in you, quietness, peace, and love, 
among all Christian people, and es¬ 
pecially among them that are or 
shall be committed to your charge? 

Answer. I will so do, the Lord 
being my helper. 

The Bishop. 

~\]%T ILL you reverently obey your 
▼ ▼ Bishop, and other chief Min¬ 
isters, who, according to the Canons 
of the Church, may have the charge 
and government over you; follow¬ 
ing with a glad mind and will their 
godly admonitions, and submitting 
yourselves to their godly judgments ? 

Answer. I will so do, the Lord 
being my helper. 

IT Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, 

A lmighty God, who hath 

given you this will to do all 
these things, Grant also unto you 
strength and power to perform the 
same ; that he may accomplish his 









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work which he hath begun in you; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

if After this, the Congregation shall be desired, 
secretly in their Prayers, to make their hum¬ 
ble supplications to God for all these things: 
for the which Prayers there shall be silence 
kept for a space. 

'1 After which, shall be sung or said by the 
Bishop, the persons to be ordained Priests 
all kneeling, Veni, Creator Spirilus; the 
Bishop beginning, and the Priests, and others 
that are present, answering by verses, as 
followeth. 

C OME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 

And lighten with celestial fire. 

Thou the anointing Spirit art, 

Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 

Thy blessed Unction from above, 

Is comfort, life, and fire of love. 

Enable with perpetual light 
The dulness of our blinded sight. 

Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundance of thy grace- 
Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; 

Where thou art guide, no ill can come. 

Teach us to know the Father, Son, 

And thee, of both, to be but One. 

That, through the ages all along, 

This may be our endless song; 

Praise to thy eternal merit, 

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

IT Or this. 

C OME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, 
Proceeding from above, 

Both from the Father and the Son. 

The God of peace and love; 

Visit our minds, into our hearts 
Thy heavenly grace inspire ; 

That truth and godliness toe may 
Pursue with full desire. 

Thou art the very Comforter 
In grief and all distress ; 

The heavenly gift of God most High; 

No tongue can it express. 

The fountain and the living spring 
Of joy celestial; 

The fire so bright, the love so sweet, 

The Unction, spiritual. 

Thou in thy gifts art manifold, 

By them Christ’s Church doth stand: 

In faithful hearts thou, writ'st thy law, 

The finger of God's hand. 

According to thy promise, Lord, 

Thou givest speech with grace; 

That, through thy help, God’s praises may 
Resound in every place. 

O Holy Ghost, into our minds 
Send down thy heavenly light, 

Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal, 

To serve God day and night. 

Our weakness strengthen and confirm, 

(For, Lord, thou knowest us frail;) 

That neither devil , world, nor flesh, 

Against us may prevail. 

Put back our enemy far from us, 

And help us to obtain 
Peace in our hearts with God and Man, 

(The best, the truest gain;) 

And grant that thou being, O Lord, 

Our leader and our guide, 

We may escape the snares of sin. 

And never from thee slide. 

Such measures of thy powerful grace 
Grant, Lord, to us, we pray ; 

That thou may'st be our Comforter 
At the last dreadful day. 

Of strife and of dissension 
Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, 

And knit the knots of peace and love 
Throughout all Christian lands. 

Grant us the grace that we may know 
The Father of all might, 

That we of his beloved Son 
May vain the blissful sight; 

And that we may with perfect faith 
Ever acknowledge thee, 

The Spirit of Father, and of Son, 

One God in Persons Three. 


To God the Father laud and praise, 

And to his blessed Son, 

And to the Holy Spirit of grace, 

Co-equal Three in One. 

And pray we, that our only Lord 
Would please his Spirit to send 
On all that shall profess his Name, 

From hence to the toorld’s end. Amen. 

H That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, 
and say, 

Let us pray. 

LMIGHTY God, and heavenly 
Father, who, of thine infinite 
love and goodness towards us, hast 
given to us thy only and most dearly 
beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our 
Redeemer, and the Author of ever¬ 
lasting life; who, after he had made 
perfect our redemption by his death, 
and was ascended into heaven, sent 
abroad into the world his Apostles, 
.Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and 
Pastors; by whose labour and min¬ 
istry he gathered together a great 
flock in all the parts of the world, to 
set forth the eternal praise of thy holy 
Name: For these so great benefits 
of thy eternal goodness, and for that 
thou hast vouchsafed to call these 
thy servants here present to the same 
Office and Ministry, appointed for 
the salvation of mankind, we render 
unto thee most hearty thanks, we 
praise and worship thee; and we 
humbly beseech thee, by the same 
thy blessed Son, to grant unto all, 
which either here or elsewhere call 
upon thy holy Name, that we may 
continue to show ourselves thankful 
unto thee for these and all thy other 
benefits; and that we may daily in¬ 
crease and go forwards in the know¬ 
ledge and faith of thee and thy Son, 
by the Holy Spirit. So that as well 
by these thy Ministers, as by them 
over whom they shall be appointed 
thy Ministers, thy holy Name may 
be for ever glorified, and thy blessed 
kingdom enlarged; through the same 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee in the 
unity of the same Holy Spirit, world 
without end. Amen . 





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* When this Prayer is done, the Bishop 
with the Priests present, shall lay their 
Hands severally upon the Head of every 
one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood ; 
the Receivers humbly kneeling, and the 
Bishop saying, 

ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for 
' the Office and Work of a Priest 
in the Church of God, now commit¬ 
ted unto thee by the Imposition of 
our hands. Whose sins thou dost 
forgive, they are forgiven; and 
whose sins thou dost retain, they are 
retained. And be thou a faithful 
Dispenser of the Word of God, and 
of his holy Sacraments; In the 
Name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

T Or this. 

PJflAKE thou Authority to execute 
JL the Office of a Priest in the 
Church ofGod,nowcommitted to thee 
by the Imposition of our hands. And 
be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word 
of God, and of his holy Sacraments; 
In the Name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

* Then the Bishop shall deliver to every 
one of them kneeling, the Bible into his 
hand, saying, 

1AKE thou Authority to preach 
the Word of God, and to Min¬ 
ister the holy Sacraments in the Con¬ 
gregation, where thou shalt be law¬ 
fully appointed thereunto. 


IT When this is done, the Bishop shall go on 
in the Service of the Communion, which 
all they who receive Orders shall take 
together, and remain in the same place 
where Hands were laid upon them, until 
such time as they have received the Com¬ 
munion. 

T The Communion being done, after the last 
Collect, and immediately before the Bene¬ 
diction, shall be said this Collect. 

M OST merciful Father, we be¬ 
seech thee to send upon these 
thy servants thy heavenly blessing; 
that they may be clothed with right¬ 
eousness, and that thy Word spoken 
by their mouths may have such 
success, that it may never be spoken 
in vain. Grant also, that we may 
have grace to hear and receive what 
they shall deliver out of thy most 
holy Word, or agreeable to the same, 
as the means of our salvation; that 
in all our words and deeds we may 
seek thy glory, and the increase of 
thy kingdom ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 
mHE peace of God, which pass- 
JL eth all understand ing, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord : And the bless¬ 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen . 




T And if, on the same day, the Order of Deacons be given to some, and the Order of 
Priesthood to others; the Deacons shall be first presented, and then the Priests; and 
it shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used; 
first, that for Deacons, then that for Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephesians iv. 7 to 13, 
as before in this Office. Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons,, 
shall be examined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read 
the Gospel,(which shall be either out of Saint Matthew ix. 36, as before in this Office; or 
else Saint Luke xii. 35 to 38, as before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that 
are to be made Priests, shall likewise be examined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before 
appointed. 


THE FORM OF ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING A BISHOP. 

IT When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, after Morning Prayer is 
ended, the Presiding Bishop, or some other Bishop appointed by the Bishops present, shall 
begin the Communion Service, in which this shall be 

The Collect. gifts, and didst charge them to feed 


A lmighty God, who by thy 
Son Jesus Christ didst give to 
thy holy Apostles many excellent 


thy flocks ; Give grace, we beseech 
thee, to all Bishops, the Pastors of 
thy Church, that they may diligent- 











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ly preach thy Word, and duly ad¬ 
minister the godly Discipline there¬ 
of ; and grant to the people, that they 
may obediently follow the same; 
that all may receive the crown of 
everlasting glory; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

V And another Bishop shall read 

The Epistle . 1 Tim. in. 1. 

HIS is a true saying, If a man 
desire the Office of a Bishop, he 
desireth a good work. A Bishop 
then must be blameless, the husband 
of one w r ife, vigilant, sober, of good 
behaviour,given to hospitality, apt to 
teach; not given to wine, no striker, 
not greedy of filthy lucre, but pa¬ 
tient, not a brawler, not covetous; 
one that ruleth well his own house, 
having his children in subjection 
with all gravity; (For if a man know 
not how to rule his own house, how 
shall he take care of the Church of 
God?) Not a novice,lest being lifted 
up with pride he fall into the condem¬ 
nation of the devil. Moreover, he 
must have a good report of them 
which are without; lest he fall into 
reproach, and the snare of the devil. 

IT Or this. 

For tne Epistle. Acts xx. 17. 
ROM Miletus, Paul sent to Eph¬ 
esus, and called the Elders of 
the Church. And when they were 
come to him, he said unto them, Ye 
know, from the first day that I came 
into Asia, after what manner I have 
been with you at all seasons, serving 
the Lord with all humility of mind, 
and with many tears and temptations, 
which befell me by the lying in wait 
of the Jews: and how I kept back 
nothing that was profitable unto you, 
but have showed you, and have 
taught you publicly, and from house 
to house, testifying both to the Jews, 
and also to the Greeks, repentance 
toward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. And now be¬ 
hold, I go bound in the spirit unto 


Jerusalem, not knowing the things 
that shall befall me there; save that 
the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every 
city, saying, That bonds and afflic¬ 
tions abide me. But none of these 
things move me, neither count 1 my 
life dear unto myself, so that I might 
finish my course with joy, and the 
ministry which I have received of the 
Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of 
the grace of God. And now, be¬ 
hold, I know that ye all, among 
whom I have gone preaching the 
Kingdom of God, shall see my face 
no more. Wherefore I take you to 
record this day, that 1 am pure from 
the blood of all men. For I have 
not shunned to declare unto you all 
the counsel of God. Take heed, 
therefore, unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock, over the which the Holy 
Ghost hath made you Overseers, to 
feed the Church of God, which he 
hath purchased with his own blood. 
For I know this, that after my de¬ 
parting shall grievous wolves enter 
in among you, not sparing the flock. 
Also of your own selves shall men 
arise, speaking perverse things, to 
draw away disciples after them. 
Therefore watch, and remember, 
that by the space of three years, 1 
ceased not to warn every one, night 
and day, with tears. And now, 
brethren, I commend you to God, and 
to the Word of his grace, which is 
able to build you up, and to give you 
an inheritance among all them which 
are sanctified. I have coveted no 
man’s silver, or gold, or apparel; 
yea, ye yourselves know, that these 
hands have ministered unto my ne¬ 
cessities, and to them that were with 
me. I have showed you all things, 
how that so labouring ye ought to 
support the weak; and to remember 
the words of the Lord Jesus, how he 
said, It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. 

If Then another Bishop shall read 





THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 


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The Gospel. St. John xxi. 15. 

J ESUS saith to Simon Peter, Si¬ 
mon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me more than these? He saith un¬ 
to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest 
that I love thee. He saith unto him, 
Feed my lambs. He saith to him 
again the second time, Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith 
unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest 
that I love thee. He saith unto him, 
Feed my sheep. He saith unto him 
the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved 
because he said unto him the third 
time, Lovest thou me ? And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things; thou knowest that I love 
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. 

IF Or this. St. John xx. 19. 

HE same day at evening, being 
the first day of the week, when 
the doors were shut where the disci¬ 
ples were assembled, for fear of the 
Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the 
midst, and saith unto them, Peace 
be unto you. And when he had so 
said, he showed unto them his hands 
and his side. Then were the disci¬ 
ples glad, when they saw the Lord. 
Then saith Jesus to them again, 
Peace be unto you: as my Father 
hath sent me, even so send I you. 
And when he had said this, he 
breathed on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are 
remitted unto them; and whose so¬ 
ever sins ye retain, they are retained. 
IT Or this. St. Matt, xxviii. 18. 

J ESUS came and spake unto 
them, saying, All power is given 
unto me in heaven and in earth. 
Go ye therefore and teach all na¬ 
tions, baptizing them In the Name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost; teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever I 


have commanded you: andlo, lam 
with you alway, even unto the ena 
of the world. 

IT After the Gospel and the Sermon are end¬ 
ed, the Elected Bishop, vested with his 
Rochet, shall be presented by two Bishops 
of this Church unto the Presiding Bishop, 
or to the Bishop appointed, sitting in his 
chair, near the Holy Table; the Bishops 
who present him saying, 

EVEREND Father in God, we 
present unto you this godly 
and well-learned man, to be Ordain¬ 
ed and Consecrated Bishop. 

IT Then shall the Presiding Bishop demand 
Testimonials of the person presented for 
Consecration, and shall cause them to be 
read. 

IF He shall then require of him the following 
Promise of Conformity to the Doctrine, 
Discipline, and Worship of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. 

N the Name of God, Amen. I, 
N., chosen Bishop of the Protes¬ 
tant Episcopal Church in N., do 
promise conformity and obedience 
to the Doctrine, Discipline, and Wor- 
ship of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in the United States of 
America. So help me God, through 
Jesus Christ. 

IF Then the Presiding Bishop shall move the 
Congregation present to pray, saying thus 
to them: 

B RETHREN, it is written in the 
Gospel of St. Luke, That our 
Saviour Christ continued the whole 
night in prayer, before he chose 
and sent forth his twelve Apostles. 
It is written also, that the holy 
Apostles prayed, before they or¬ 
dained Matthias to be of the num¬ 
ber of the Twelve. Let, us there¬ 
fore, following the example of our Sa¬ 
viour Christ, and his Apostles, offer 
up our prayers to Almighty God, be¬ 
fore we admit and send forth this 
person presented unto us, to the 
work whereunto we trust the Holy 
Ghost hath called him. 

IF And then shall be said the Litany ; save 
only, that after this place, That it may 
please thee to illuminate all Bishops , &c., 
the proper Suffrage shall be, 





288 


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T HAT it may please thee to bless 
this our Brother elected, and to 
send thy grace upon him, that he 
may duly execute the Office where- 
unto he is called, to the edifying of 
thy Church, and to the honour, 
praise, and glory of thy Name ; 

Answer. We beseech thee to hear 
us, good Lord. 

V Then shall be said this Prayer following. 

A lmighty God, giver of ail 

good things, who by thy Holy 
Spirit hast appointed divers Orders 
of Ministers in thy Church; Merci¬ 
fully behold this thy servant now 
called to the Work and Ministry of 
a Bishop ; and so replenish him with 
the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn 
him with innocency of life, that both 
by word and deed, he may faith¬ 
fully serve thee in this Office, to the 
glory of thy Name, and the edifying 
and well-governing of thy Church ; 
through the merits of our Saviour 
J esus Christ, who liveth and reigneth 
witn thee and the Holy Ghost, world 
without end. Amen. 

H Then the Presiding Bishop, sitting in his 
chair, shall say to him that is to be Conse- 

ROTHER, forasmuch as the 
Holy Scripture and the Ancient 
Canons command, that we should 
not be hasty in laying on hands, 
and admitting any person to Gov¬ 
ernment in the Church of Christ, 
which he hath purchased with no less 
price than the effusion of his own 
blood; before we admit you to this 
Administration, we will examine you 
in certain Articles, to the end that the 
Congregation present may have a 
trial, and bear witness, how you are 
minded to behave yourself in the 
Church of God. 

A RE you persuaded, that you 
are truly called to this Minis¬ 
tration, according to the will of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of 
this Church ? 


Answer. I am so persuaded. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

A RE you persuaded that theHoly 
jTjL Scriptures contain all Doctrine 
required as necessary for eternal sal¬ 
vation through faith in Jesus Christ? 
And are you determined out of the 
same Holy Scriptures to instruct the 
people committed to your charge; 
and to teach or maintain nothing, 
as necessary to eternal salvation, 
but that which you shall be persuad¬ 
ed may be concluded and proved 
by the same. 

Answer. I am so persuaded, and 
determined, by God’s grace. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

ILL you then faithfully ex¬ 
ercise yourself in the Holy 
Scriptures, and call upon God by 
prayer for the true understanding of 
the same ; so that you may be able 
by them to teach and exhort with 
wholesome Doctrine, and to with¬ 
stand and convince the gainsayers ? 

Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of God. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

RE you ready, with all faithful 
_ diligence, to banish and drive 
away from the Church all erroneous 
and strange doctrine contrary to 
God’s Word ; and both privately and 
openly to call upon and encourage 
others to the same ? 

Answer. I am ready, the Lord 
being my helper. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

ILL you deny all ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, and live 
soberly, righteously, and godly in 
this present world ; that you may 
show yourself in all things an ex¬ 
ample of good works unto others, 
that the advesary may be ashamed, 
having nothing to say against you? 

Answer. I will so do, the’Lord 
being my helper. 







THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 289 


The Presiding Bishop. 

W ILL you maintain and set for¬ 
ward, as much as shall lie in 
you,quietness,love, and peace among 
all men • and diligently exercise such 
discipline as by the authority of God’s 
Word, and by the order of this 
Church, is committed to you? 

Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of God. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

TILL you be faithful in Or¬ 
daining, sending, or laying 
hands upon others? 

Answer. I will so be, by the help 
of God. 

The Presiding Bishop. 

ILL you show yourself gentle, 
and be merciful for Christ’s 
sake to poor and needy people, and 
to all strangers destitute of help? 

Answer. I will so show myself, 
by God’s help. 

V Then the Presiding Bishop, standing up, 
shall say, 

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly 
Father, who hath given you a 
good will to do all these things, Grant 
also unto you strength and power to 
perform the same; that, he accom¬ 
plishing in you the good work which 
he hath begun, you may be found 
perfect and irreprehensible at the 
latter day; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

T Then shall the Bishop elect put on the 
rest of the Episcopal habit; and, kneeling 
down, Veni, Creator Spiritus shall be sung 
or said over him ; the Presiding Bishop be¬ 
ginning, and the Bishops, with others that 
are present, answering by verses, as fol- 
loweth. 

OHIE, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire. 

And lighten with celestial fire. 

Thou the anointing Spirit art. 

Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 

Thy blessed Unction from above, 

Is comfort, life , and fire of love. 

Enable with perpetual light 
The dulness of our blinded sight. 

Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundanoe of thy grace- 
Keep far our foes, give peace at home ; 

Where thou art guide, no ill can come- 
Teach us to know the Father, Son, 

And thee, of both, to be but One- 
That, through the ages all along, 

This may be our endless song; 

Praise to thy eternal merit, 

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- 

N N 


IT Or this. 

C OTOJP, Holy Ghost, eternal God, 
Proceeding from above, 

Both from the Father and. the Son, 

The God of peace and love; 

Visit our minds, into our hearts 
Thy heavenly grace inspire ; 

That truth and godliness we may 
Pursue with full desire. 

Thou art the very Comforter 
In grief and all distress ; 

The heavenly gift of God most High; 

No tongue can it express ; 

The fountain and the living spring 
Of joy celestial; 

The fire so bright, the love so sweet, 

The Unction spiritual. 

Thou in thy gifts art manifold, 

By them Christ’s Church doth stand : 

In faithful hearts thouwrit’st thy law, 

The finger of God's hand. 

According to thy promise, Lord, 

Thou givest speech with grace; 

That, through thy help, God’s praises may 
Resound in every place. 

0 Holy Ghost, into our minds 
Send down thy heavenly light, 

Kindle our hearts ivith fervent zeal, 

To serve God day and night. 

Our weakness strengthen and confirm, 

(For, Lord, thou knowest us frail;) 

That neither devil, world, nor flesh, 

Against us may prevail. 

Put back our enemy far from us, 

And help us to obtain 
Peace in our hearts with God and Man, 

(The best, the truest gain;) 

And grant that thou being, O Lord, 

Our leader and our guide, 

We may escape the snares of sin, 

And never from thee slide. 

Such measures of thy powerful grace 
Grant, Lord, to us, we pray ; 

That thou may'st be our Comforter 
At the last dreadful day. 

Of strife and of dissension 
Dissolve, 0 Lord, the bands, 

And knit the knots of peace and love 
Throughout all Christian lands. 

Grant us the grace that we may know 
The Father of all might, 

That we of his beloved Son 
May sain the blissful sight; 

And that we may with perfect faith 
Ever acknowledge thee, 

The Spirit of Father, and of Son, 

One God in Persons Three. 

To God the Father laud and praise, 

And to his blessed Son, 

And to the Holy Spirit of grace, 

Co-equal Three in One. 

And pray we, that our only Lord 
Would please his Spirit to send 
On all that shall profess his Name, 

From hence to the toorld’s end. Amen. 

V That ended, the Presiding Bishop shall 
say, 

Lord, hear our prayer. 

Answer. And let our cry come 
unto thee. 

Let us pray. 

LMIGHTY God,and most mer¬ 
ciful Father, who, of thine infi¬ 
nite goodness, hast given thine only 
and dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, 
to be our Redeemer, and the Author 
of everlasting life; who, after that 
he had made perfect our Redemption 
by his death, and was ascended into 
heaven, poured down his gifts abun¬ 
dantly upon men, making some 









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THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 


Apostles,some Prophets,some Evan¬ 
gelists, some Pastors and Doctors; 
to the edifying and making perfect 
his Church; Grant, we beseech thee, 
to this thy servant, such grace, that 
he may evermore be ready to spread 
abroad thy Gospel, the glad tidings 
of reconciliation with thee ; and use 
the authority given him, not to de¬ 
struction, but to salvation; not to 
hurt, but to help : so that, as a wise 
and faithful servant, giving to thy 
family their portion in due season, 
he may at last be received into ever¬ 
lasting joy; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who with thee and the Ho¬ 
ly .Ghost liveth and reigneth, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

IT Then the Presiding Bishop and Bishops 
present shall lay their Hands upon the 
jHead of the Elected Bishop, kneeling be¬ 
fore them, the Presiding Bishop saying, 

ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for 
the Office and Work of a Bishop 
<in the Church of God, now commit¬ 
ted unto thee by the Imposition of 
our hands ; In the Name of the Fa¬ 
ther, and of the Son, and of the Ho¬ 
ly Ghost. Amen. And remember 
that thou stir up the grace of God, 
which is given thee by this Imposi¬ 
tion of our hands: for God hath not 
given us the spirit of fear; but of 
power, and love, and soberness. 

T Then the Presiding Bishop shall deliver him 
the Bible, saying, 

IVE heed unto reading, exhort¬ 
ation, and doctrine. Think up¬ 
on the things contained in this Book. 
Be diligent in them, that the increase 
coming thereby may be manifest 
unto all men; for by so doing thou 
shalt both save thyself and them 
that hear thee. Be to the flock of 
'Christ a shepherd, not a wolf; feed 


them, devour them not. Hold up the 
weak, heal the sick, bind up the bro¬ 
ken, bring again the outcasts, seek 
the lost. Be so merciful, that you 
be not too remiss; so minister dis¬ 
cipline, that you forget not mercy : 
that when the Chief Shepherd shall 
appear, you may receive the never- 
fading crown of glory ; through J e- 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IF Then the Presiding Bishop shall proceed in 
the Communion Service; with whom the 
new Consecrated Bishop, with others, shall 
also communicate. 

IF And for the last Collect, immediately be¬ 
fore the Benediction, shall be said this 
Prayer. 

OST merciful Father, we be¬ 
seech thee to send down upon 
this thy servant thy heavenly bless¬ 
ing ; and so endue him with thy Holy 
Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, 
may not only be earnest to reprove, 
beseech, and rebuke, with all pa¬ 
tience and doctrine ; but also may 
be to such as believe a wholesome 
example in word, in conversation, in 
love, in faith, in chastity, and in pu¬ 
rity ; that, faithfully fulfilling his 
course, at the latter day he may re¬ 
ceive the crown of righteousness,laid 
up by the Lord, the righteous J udge, 
who liveth and reigneth one God 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 
world without end. Amen. 

HE peace of God, which pass- 
eth all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord: And the bless¬ 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 








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THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


O GOD the Father of heaven; 

have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 

O God, the Father of heaven ; 
have mercy upon us miserable sin¬ 
ners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world; have mercy upon us miser¬ 
able sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of 
the world; have mercy upon us 
miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding 
from the Father and the Son ; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceed¬ 
ing from the Father and the Ron; 
have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Tri¬ 
nity,threePersons and one God; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious 
Trinity, three Persons and one 
God; have mercy upon us ?niser- 
able sinners. 

Remember not, Lord, our offen¬ 
ces, nor the offences of our fore¬ 
fathers ; neither take thou vengeance 
of our sins: spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy most precious 
blood, and be not angry with us for 
ever. 

Spare us, good Lord. 

From all evil and mischief; from 
sin ; from the crafts and assaults of 
the devil; from tiiy wrath, and from 
everlasting damnation, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all blindness of heart; from 
pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; 
from envy, hatred, and malice, and 
all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 


From all inordinate and sinful 
affections; and from all the deceits 
of the world, the flesh, and the devil, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From lightning and tempest; from 
plague, pestilence, and famine; from 
battle and murder, and from sudden 
death, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspi¬ 
racy, and rebellion; from all false 
doctrine, heresy, and schism; from 
hardness of heart, and contempt of 
thy word and commandment, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By the mystery of thy holy Incar¬ 
nation ; by thy holy Nativity and 
Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fast¬ 
ing, and Temptation, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By thine Agony andBloody Sweat; 
by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy 
precious Death and Burial; by thy 
glorious Resurrection and Ascension; 
and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

In all time of our tribulation ; in 
all time of our prosperity; in the hour 
of death, and in the day of judgment, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to hear 
us, O Lord God ; and that it may 
please thee to rule and govern thy 
holy Church universal in the right 
way; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
and preserve all Christian Rulers and 
Magistrates ; giving them grace to 
execute justice, and to maintain 
truth; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee toillumi- 





292 


THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


nate all Bishops, Priests, and Dea¬ 
cons, with true knowledge and un¬ 
derstanding of thy Word; and that 
both by their preaching and living 
they may set it forth, and show it 
accordingly: 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
these thy servants, now to be ad¬ 
mitted to the Order of Deacons, [or 
Priests ,] and to pour thy grace 
upon them; that they may duly 
execute their Office, to the edifying 
of thy Church, and the glory of thy 
holy Name; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
and keep all thy people ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give to 
all nations unity, peace,and concord; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
us an heart to love and fear thee, 
and diligently to live after thy com¬ 
mandments ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
to all thy people increase of grace to 
hear meekly thy Word, and to re¬ 
ceive it with pure affection, and to 
bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bring 
into the way of truth all such as 
have erred, and are deceived ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to 
strengthen such as do stand; and to 
comfort and help the weak-hearted; 
and to raise up those who fall; and 
finally to beat down Satan under 
our feet. 


We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to suc¬ 
cour, help, and comfort,all who are 
in danger, necessity, and tribulation; 

We beseech thee to hear us. good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to pre¬ 
serve all who travel by land or by 
water, all women in the perils of 
child-birth, all sick persons, and 
young children; and to show thy 
pity upon all prisoners and captives ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to defend, 
and provide for, the fatherless chil¬ 
dren, and widows, and all who are 
desolate and oppressed ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to have 
mercy upon all men; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive 
our enemies, persecutors, and slan¬ 
derers, and to turn their hearts : 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
and preserve to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, so that in due 
time we may enjoy them; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give 
us true repentance ; to forgive us all 
our sins, negligences, and igno¬ 
rances ; and to endue us with the 
grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend 
our lives according to thy holy Word ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to 
hear us. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to 
hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world ; 




THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

V The Bishop may, at his discretion, omit all 
that follows, to the Prayer, We humbly be¬ 
seech thee , O Father, &lc. 

O Christ, hear us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Christ , have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

TT Then shall the Bishop* and the People with 
him, say the Lord’s Prayer. 

UR Father, who art in hea¬ 
ven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done on earth, As it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our trespass¬ 
es, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into 
temptation; But deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

Bishop. O Lord, deal not with 
us according to our sins. 

Answer. Neither reward us ac¬ 
cording to our iniquities. 

Let us pray. 

GOD, merciful Father, who 
despisest not the sighing of a 
contrite heart, nor the desire of such 
as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist 
our prayers which we make before 
thee in all our troubles and adversi¬ 
ties, whensoever they oppress us; 
and graciously hear us, that those 
evils which the craft and subtilty of 
the devil or man worketh against 
us, may, by thy good providence, be 
brought to nought; that we thy ser¬ 
vants, being hurt by no persecutions, 
may evermore give thanks unto thee 
in thy holy Church ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 


293 

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thy Name’s sake. 

GOD, we have heard with our 
ears, and our fathers have de¬ 
clared unto us, the noble works that 
thou didst in their days, and in the 
old time before them. 

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thine honour. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the he ginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

From our enemies defend us, O 
Christ. 

Graciously look upon our afflic¬ 
tions. 

With pity behold the sorrows of 
our hearts. 

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy 
people. 

Favourably with mercy hear our 
prayers. 

O Son of David, have mercy upon 
us. 

Both now and ever vouchsafe to 
hear us, O Christ. 

Graciously hear us, O Christ; 
graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. 

Bishop. O Lord, let thy mercy 
be showed upon us ; 

Ans. As we do put our trust in thee. 

Let us pray. 

E humbly beseech thee, O 
Father, mercifully to look 
upon our infirmities; and, for the 
glory of thy Name, turn from us ail 
those evils that we most justly have 
deserved ; and grant, that in all oui 
troubles we may put our whole trust 
and confidence in thy mercy, and 
evermore serve thee in holiness ana 
pureness of living, to thy honour and 
glory; through our only Mediato 
and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord 
Amen. 






Here endeth the Litany. 



[ 294 ] 

THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION 


OF THE 

LORD’S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION. 


O UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, unto whom 
all hearts are open, all desires 
known, and from whom no secrets 
are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our 
hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may perfectly love 
thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
Name; through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

^ Then shall the Bishop, turning to the 
People, rehearse distinctly the Ten 
Commandments ; and the People still 
kneeling, shall, after every Command¬ 
ment, ask God mercy for their trans¬ 
gressions for the time past, and grace to 
keep the law for the time to come, as fol- 
loweth. 

Bishop. 

OD spake these words, and 
said; I am the Lord thy God : 
Thou shalt have none other gods but 
me. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not make 
to thyself any graven image, nor the 
likeness of anything that is in hea¬ 
ven above, or in the earth beneath, 
or in the water under the earth. 
Thou shalt not bow down to them, 
nor worship them: for I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, and visit 


I the sins of the fathers upon the child¬ 
ren, unto the third and fourth gene¬ 
ration of them that hate me; and 
show mercy unto thousands in them 
that love me, and keep my command¬ 
ments. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not take 
the Name of the Lord thy God in 
vain: for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless, that taketh his Name in 
vain. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Remember that thou 
keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six 
days shalt thou labour, and do all 
that thou hast to do; but the seventh 
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 
God. In it thou shalt do no manner 
of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, and thy 
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the 
stranger that is within thy gates. 
For in six days the Lord made heav¬ 
en and earth, the sea, and all that in 
them is, and rested the seventh day: 
wherefore the Lord blessed the sev¬ 
enth day, and hallowed it. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Honour thy father and 
thy mother; that thy days may be 
long in the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt do no mur¬ 
der. 







THE COMMUNION. 


People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not com¬ 
mit adultery. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bvshop. Thou shalt not steal. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not bear 
false witness against thy neighbour. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not covet 
thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his 
servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor 
his ass, nor anything that is his. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and write all these thy laws in 
our hearts, we beseech thee. 

IF Then the Bishop may say, 

Hear also what our Lord Jesus 
Christ saith. 

HOU shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. This is the first and great 
commandment. And the second is 
like unto, it; Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. On these two 
commandments hang all the Law 
and the Prophets. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY Lord, and ever¬ 
lasting God, vouchsafe, we be¬ 
seech thee, to direct, sanctify, and 
govern, both our hearts and bodies, 
in the ways of thy laws, and in the 
works of thy commandments ; that, 
through thy most mighty protection, 
both here and ever, we may be pre¬ 
served in body and soul; through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 


295 

IT Then shall be read the Collect, Epistle, and 
Gospel, as they are appointed. 

IT Then shall be read the Apostles’ or Nicene 
Creed; unless one of them hath been read 
immediately before, in the Morning Ser¬ 
vice. 

IF Then shall the Bishop begin the Offerto¬ 
ry, saying one or more of these Senten¬ 
ces following, as he thinketh most conve¬ 
nient. 

L ET your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your 
good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 16. 

Lay not up for yourselves treas¬ 
ures upon earth; where moth and 
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 
break through and steal: but lay up 
for yourselves treasures in heaven ; 
where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal. St. Matt. 
vi. 19, 20. 

Whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, even so do to them: 
for this is the Law and the Prophets. 
St. Matt. vii. 12. 

Not every one that saith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king¬ 
dom of heaven; but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which is in 
heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. 

Zaccheus stood forth, and said un¬ 
to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half 
of my goods I give to the poor ; and 
if I have done any wrong to any 
man, I restore four-fold. St. Luke 
xix. 8. 

Who goeth a warfare at any time 
of his own cost ? Who planteth a 
vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit 
thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and 
eateth not of the milk of the flock ? 
1 Cor. ix. 7. 

If we have sown unto you spiritu¬ 
al things, is it a great matter if we 
shall reap your worldly things ? 1 

Cor. ix. II. 

Do ye not not know, that they who 
minister about holy things, live of the 
sacrifice; and they who wait at the 
altar are partakers with the altar t 





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Even so hath the Lord also ordained, 
that they who preach the Gospel 
should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. 
ix. 13, 14. 

He that soweth little shall reap 
little; and he that soweth p.enteous- 
ly shall reap plenteously. Let every 
man do according as he is disposed 
in his heart, not grudgingly, or of 
necessity; for God loveth a cheerful 
giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. 

Let him that is taught in the Word 
minister unto him that teacheth, in 
all good things. Be not deceived, 
God is not mocked: for whatsoever 
a man sow r eth that shall he reap. 
Gal vi. 6, 7. 

While we have time, let us do good 
unto all men; and especially unto 
them that are of the household of 
faith. Gal. vi. 10. 

Godliness is great riches, if a man 
be content with that he hath: for 
we brought.nothing into this world, 
neither may we carry any thing out. 
1 Tim. vi. 6, 7. 

Charge them who are rich in this 
world, that they be ready to give, 
and glad to distribute; laying up in 
store for themselves a good founda¬ 
tion against the time to come, that 
they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. 
vi. 17, 18,19. 

God is not unrighteous, that he 
will forget your works, and labour 
that proceedeth of love; which 
love ye have showed for his Name’s 
sake, who have ministered unto the 
saints, and yet do minister. Heb. 
vi. 10. 

To do good, and to distribute, for¬ 
get not; tor with such sacrifices God 
is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16. 

Whoso hath this world’s good, 
and seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his compassion from him, 
Low dwelleth the love of God in him ? 

1 St. John iii. 17. 

Give alms of thy goods, and never 
urn thy face from any poor man; 


and then the face of the Lord shall 
not be turned away from thee. To- 
bit iv. 7. 

Be merciful after thy power. If 
thou hast much, give plenteously; 
if thou hast little, do thy diligence 
gladly to give of that little: for so 
gatherest thou thyself a good re¬ 
ward in the day of necessity. Tobit 
iv. 8, 9. 

He that hath pity upon the poor 
lendeth unto the Lord: and look, 
what he layeth out, it shall be paid 
him again. Prov. xix. 17. 

Blessed be the man that provideth 
for the sick and needy: the Lord 
shall deliver him in the time of trou¬ 
ble. Psalm xli. 1. 

IT Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the 
Deacons, Church-wardens, or other fit per¬ 
sons appointed for that purpose, shall re¬ 
ceive the Alms for the Poor, and other 
Devotions of the People, in a decent Basin, 
to be provided by the Parish for that pur¬ 
pose ; and reverently bring it to the Bishop, 
who shall humbly present and place it upon 
the Holy Table. 

H And the Bishop shall then place upon the 
Table so much Bread and Wine as he 
shall think sufficient; after which, he shall 
say, 

Let us pray for the whole state of 
Christ’s Church militant. 

A LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, who by thy holy Apostle 
hast taught us to make prayers, and 
♦ supplications, and to give thanks for 
all men; We humbly beseech thee 
most mercifully [ # fo accept our 
alms and oblations , and\ to receive 
these our prayers, which we offer 
unto thy Divine Majesty; beseech¬ 
ing thee to inspire continually the 
Universal Church with the spirit of 
truth, unity, and concord: And grant 
that all those who do confess thy 
holy Name may agree in the truth of 
thy holy Word, and live in unity, and 
godly love. We beseech thee also, 


* If there be no alms or oblations, then 
shall the words [to accept our alms and obla 
tions , and] be left unsaid. 





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so to direct and dispose the hearts of 
all Christian Rulers, that they may 
truly and impartially administer jus¬ 
tice, to the punishment of wicked¬ 
ness and vice, and to the mainte¬ 
nance of thy true religion, and virtue. 
Give grace, O heavenly Father, to 
all Bishops and other Ministers, that 
they may, both by their life and doc¬ 
trine, set forth thy true and lively 
Word, and rightly and duly admin¬ 
ister thy holy Sacraments. And to 
all thy people give thy heavenly 
grace; and especially to this con¬ 
gregation here present; that, with 
meek heart and due reverence, they 
may hear, and receive thy holy 
Word; truly serving thee in holi¬ 
ness and righteousness all the days 
of their life. And we most humbly 
beseech thee, of thy goodness, O 
Lord, to comfort and succour all 
those who, in this transitory life, are 
in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or 
any other adversity. And we also 
bless thy holy Name for all thy ser¬ 
vants departed this life in thy faith 
and fear; beseeching thee to give 
us grace so to follow their good ex¬ 
amples, that with them we may be 
partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. 
Grant this, O Father, for Jesus 
Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and 
Advocate. Amen. 

IT The Bishop shall then say this Exhorta¬ 
tion. 

D EARLY beloved in the Lord, 
ye who mind to come to the 
Holy Communion of the Body and 
Blood of our Saviour Christ, must 
consider how St. Paul exhorteth all 
persons diligently to try and exam- 
t ine themselves, before they presume 
to eat of that Bread and drink of 
that Cup. For as the benefit is 
great, if with a true penitent heart 
and lively faith we receive that holy 
Sacrament; so is the danger great, 
if we receive the same unworthily. 
Judge therefore yourselves, breth¬ 


ren, that ye be not judged of the 
Lord; repent ye truly for your sins 
past; have a lively and steadfast faith 
in Christ our Saviour; amend your 
lives, and be in perfect charity with 
all men; so shall ye be meet par¬ 
takers of those holy mysteries. And 
above all things ye must give most 
humble and hearty thanks to God, 
the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, for the redemption of the 
world by the death and passion of 
our Saviour Christ, both God and 
man; who did humble himself, even 
to the death upon the Cross, for us, 
miserable sinners, who lay in dark¬ 
ness and the shadow of death; that 
he might make us the children of 
God, and exalt us to everlasting life. 
And to the end that we should al¬ 
ways remember the exceeding great 
love of our Master,and only Saviour, 
Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and 
the innumerable benefits which by 
his precious blood-shedding he hath 
obtained for us; he hath instituted 
and ordained holy mysteries, as 
pledges of his love, and for a contin¬ 
ual remembrance of his death, to our 
great and endless comfort. To him 
therefore, with the Father and the 
HolyGhostJet us give (as we are most 
bounden) continual thanks; submit¬ 
ting ourselves wholly to his holy will 
and pleasure, and studying to serve 
him in true holiness and righteous¬ 
ness all the days of our life. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Bishop say to those who come 
to receive the Holy Communion, 

Y E who do truly and earnestly 
repent you of your sins, and 
are in love and charity with your 
neighbours, and intend to lead a new 
life, following the commandments 
of God, and walking from hence¬ 
forth in his holy ways; Draw near 
with faith, and take this holy Sacra¬ 
ment to your comfort; and make 
your humble confession to Almighty 
God, devoutly kneeling. 



298 


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V Then shall this general Confession be made, 
by the Bishop and all those who are minded 
to receive the Holy Communion, humbly 
kneeling. 

A lmighty God, Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker 
of all things, Judge of all men; 
We acknowledge and bewail our 
manifold sins and wickedness,Which 
we,from time to time,most grievously 
have committed, By thought, word, 
and deed, Against thy Divine Majes¬ 
ty, Provoking most justly thy wrath 
and indignation against us. We do 
earnestly repent, And are heartily 
sorry for these our misdoings ; The 
remembrance of them is grievous 
unto us ; The burden of them is in¬ 
tolerable. Have mercy upon us, 
Have mercy upon us, most merciful 
Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is 
past; And grant that we may ever 
hereafter Serve and please thee In 
newness of life, To the honour and 
glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

H Then shall the Bishop stand up, and turn¬ 
ing to the People, say, 

A LMIGHTY God, our heaven¬ 
ly Father, who of his great 
mercy hath promised forgiveness of 
sins to all those who with hearty re¬ 
pentance and true faith turn unto 
him ; Have mercy upon you; par¬ 
don and deliver you from all your 
sins ; confirm and strengthen you 
in all goodness ; and bring you to 
everlasting life; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Bishop say, 

Hear what comfortable words our 
Saviour Christ saith unto all who 
truly turn to him. 

C OME unto me, all ye that travail 
and are heavy laden, and I will 
refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. 

So God loved the world, that he 
gave his only-begotten Son, to the 
end that all that believe in him 


should not perish, but have everlast¬ 
ing life. St. John iii. 16. 

Hear also what St. Paul saith. 
This is a true saying, and worthy 
of all men to be received, ThatChrist 
Jesus came into the world to save 
sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. 

Hear also what St. John saith. 

If any man sin, we have an Advo¬ 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
the righteous ; and he is the Propiti¬ 
ation for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1, 2. 

IT After which the Bishop shall proceed, say¬ 
ing* 

Lift up your hearts. 

Answer. We lift them up unto 
the Lord. 

Bishop. Let us give thanks unto 
our Lord God. 

Answer. It is meet and right so 
to do. 

T Then shall the Bishop turn to the Lord’s 
Table, and say, 

T is very meet, right, and our 
bounden duty, that we should at 
all times, and in all places, give 
thanks unto thee, O Lord, [*Holy 
Father,] Almighty, Everlasting God. 

T Here shall follow the Proper Preface, 
according to the time, if there be any 
specially appointed; or else immediately 
shall be said or sung by the Bishop and Peo¬ 
ple, 

T herefore with Angels and 

Archangels, and with all the 
company of heaven, we laud and 
magnify thy glorious Name ; ever¬ 
more praising thee, and saying, Ho¬ 
ly, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, 
heaven and earth are full of thy glo¬ 
ry : Glory be to thee, O Lord Most 
High. Amen. 

PROPER PREFACEs7~ 

Upon Christmas-day, and seven days 
after. 

B ECAUSE thou didst give Jesus 
Christ, thine only Son, to be 
born as at this time for us ; who, by 

*These words [Holy Father] must be omit¬ 
ted on Trinity Sunday. 





THE COMMUNION. 


the operation of the Holy Ghost, 
was made very man, of the substance 
of the Virgin Mary his mother ; and 
that without spot of sin, to make us 
clean from all sin. Therefore with 
Angels, fyc. 

Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. 

B UT chiefly are we bound to 
praise thee for the glorious Re¬ 
surrection of thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord: for he is the very Paschal 
Lamb, which was offered for us, and 
hath taken away the sin of the 
world ; who by his death hath des¬ 
troyed death, and, by his rising to 
life again hath restored to us ever¬ 
lasting life. Therefore with Angels, 
4-c. 

Upon Ascension-day, and seven days 
after. 

FI1HROUGH thy most dearly 
.I. beloved Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord ; who, after his most glorious 
Resurrection, manifestly appeared 
to all his Apostles, and in their sight 
ascended up into heaven, to prepare 
a place for us; that where he is, 
thither we might also ascend, and 
reign with him in glory. Therefore 
with Angels, fyc. 

Upon Whit-Sunday, and six days after. 

HROUGH Jesus Christ our 
Lord; according to whose most 
true promise, the Holy Ghost came 
down as at this time from heaven, 
with a sudden great sound, as it had 
been a mighty wind, in the likeness 
of fiery tongues, lighting upon the 
Apostles to teach them, and to lead 
them to all truth; giving them both 
the gift of divers languages, and 
also boldness with fervent zeal con¬ 
stantly to preach the Gospel unto all 
nations; whereby we have been 
brought out of darkness and error 
into the clear light and true know¬ 
ledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus 
Christ. Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may be 
said, 


299 

W HO art one God, one Lord ; 

not one only Person, but 
three Persons in one Substance. For 
that which we believe of the glory 
of the Father, the same we believe 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 
without any difference or inequality. 
Therefore with Angels, <£c. 

IT Or else this may be said, the words Holy 
Father being retained in the introductory 
Address. 

F OR the precious death and mer¬ 
its of thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, and for the sending to us of the 
Holy Ghost the Comforter; who are 
one with thee in thy Eternal God¬ 
head. Therefore with Angels, fyc. 

IT Then shall the Bishop, kneeling down at the 
Lord’s Table, say, in the name of all those 
who shall receive the Communion, this 
Prayer following. 

E do not presume to come to 
this thy Table, O merciful 
Lord, trusting in our own righteous¬ 
ness, but in thy manifold and great 
mercies. We are not worthy so 
much as to gather up the crumbs 
under thy Table. But thou art the 
same Lord,whose property is always 
to have mercy: Grant us therefore, 
gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of 
thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to 
drink his blood, that our sinful bodies 
may be made clean by his body, and 
our souls washed through his most 
precious blood, and that we may ev¬ 
ermore dwell in him, and he in us. 
Amen. 

IF When the Bishop, standing before the Ta¬ 
ble, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, 
that he may with the more readiness and 
decency break the Bread before the People, 
and take the Cup into his hands, he shall 
say the Prayer of Consecration, as follow- 
eth. 

LL glory be to thee, Almighty 
God, our heavenly Father, for 
that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst 
give thine only Son Jesus Christ to 
suffer death upon the Cross for our 
redemption; who made there (by 
his one oblation of himself once of- 







300 THE COMMUNION. 


fered) a full, perfect, and sufficient 
sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, 
for the sins of the whole world ; and 
did institute, and in his holy Gospel 
command us to continue, a perpetual 
memory of that his precious death 
and sacrifice, until his coming again: 

For in the night 

(a) Here the Bishop ] 11 whic |? 

is to take the Paten in- betrayed, (a) he 
to his hands. took Bread ; and 

when he had giv- 

(b) And here to thanks, ( b ) he 
break the Bread. brake it, and gave 

it to his disciples, 
saying, Take, eat, 

(c) And here to lay (c)thisis myBody, 

his hand upon all the "which is given for 
Bread - you; do this in 


(d) Here he is to ter supper M) he 

take the Cup into his , , rr ~ , 

hand. took the Cup; and 

when he had given 
thanks, he gave it 
to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of 

(e) And here he is this; for (e) this is 

y BI " od ’ of the 

there is any Wine to be N ew 1 estament, 
consecrated. which is shed for 

you,and for many, 
for the remission of sins ; do this, as 
oft as ye shall drink it, in remem¬ 
brance of me. 

W HEREFORE, 

O Lord and 
heavenly Father, according to the 
institution of thy dearly beloved Son 
our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy 
humble servants, do celebrate and 
make here before thy Divine Majes¬ 
ty, with these thy holy gifts, which 
we now offer unto thee, the memo¬ 
rial thy Son hath commanded us to 
make ; having in remembrance his 
blessed passion and precious death, 
his mighty resurrection and glorious 
ascension; rendering unto thee most 
hearty thanks for the innumerable 


remembrance of 
me. Likewise, af- 


The Oblation. 


benefits procured unto us by the 
same. And we most humbly be- 
seech th e e , O mer- TU Imocation _ 
ciful r ather, to hear 
us; and, of thy Almighty good¬ 
ness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, 
with thy Word and Holy Spirit, 
these thy gifts and creatures of bread 
and wine ; that we, receiving them 
according to thy Son our Saviour 
Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in re¬ 
membrance of his death and pas¬ 
sion, may be partakers of his most 
blessed Body and Blood. And we 
earnestly desire thy fatherly good¬ 
ness, mercifully to accept this our 
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; 
most humbly beseeching thee to 
grant, that by the merits and death 
of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through 
faith in his blood, we, and all thy 
whole Church, may obtain remission 
of our sins, and all other benefits of 
his passion. And here we offer and 
present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, 
our souls and bodies, to be a reason¬ 
able, holy, and living sacrifice unto 
thee ; humbly beseeching thee, that 
we, and all others who shall be par¬ 
takers of this Holy Communion, may 
worthily receive the most precious 
Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus 
Christ, be filled with thy grace and 
heavenly benediction, and made one 
body with him, that he may dwell in 
them, and they in him. And although 
we are unworthy, through our mani¬ 
fold sins, to offer unto thee any sac¬ 
rifice ; yet we beseech thee to ac¬ 
cept this our bounden duty and ser¬ 
vice ; not weighing our merits, but 
pardoning our offences, through Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord ; by whom, and 
with whom, in the unity of the Holy 
Ghost, all honour and glory be unto 
thee, O Father Almighty, world with¬ 
out end. Amen. 

IF Here shall be sung a Hymn, or part of a 
Hymn, from the Selection for the Feasts and 
Fasts, &c. 



301 


THE COMMUNION. 


* Then shall the Bishop first receive the 
Communion in both kinds himself, and 
proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, 
Priests, and Deacons, in like manner, 
and after that, to the People also in or¬ 
der, into their hands, all devoutly kneel¬ 
ing. And when he delivereth the Bread, he 
shall say, 

T HE Body of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which was given for 
thee, preserve thy body and soul unto 
everlasting life. Take and eat this 
in remembrance that Christ died for 
thee, and feed on him in thy heart 
by faith, with thanksgiving. 

V And the Bishop, delivering the Cup, shall 
say, 

HE Blood of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which was shed for 
thee, preserve thy body and soul unto 
everlasting life. Drink this in re¬ 
membrance that Christ’s Blood was 
shed for thee, and be thankful. 

T If the consecrated Bread or Wine be 
spent before all have communicated, the 
Bishop is to consecrate more, according 
to the Form before prescribed; begin¬ 
ning at— All glory be to thee , Almighty 
God, —and ending with these words— 
partakers of his most blessed Body and 
Blood. 

V When all have communicated, the Bishop 
shall return to the Lord’sTable,and reverent¬ 
ly place upon it what remaineth of the con¬ 
secrated Elements, covering the same with 
a fair linen cloth. 

H Then shall the Bishop say the Lord’s 
Prayer, the People repeating after him every 
Petition. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT After which shall be said as followeth. 

A LMIGHTY and everliving 
God, we most heartily thank 
thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to 


feed us who have duly received these 
holy mysteries, with the spiritual 
food of the most precious Body and 
Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ; and dost assure us thereby 
of thy favour and goodness towards 
us ; and that we are very members 
incorporate in the mystical body of 
thy Son, which is the blessed compa¬ 
ny of all faithful people; and are 
also heirs through hope of thy ever¬ 
lasting kingdom, by the merits of 
the most precious death and passion 
of thy dear Son. And we most 
humbly beseech thee, O heavenly 
Father, so to assist us with thy grace, 
that we may continue in that holy 
fellowship, and do all such good 
works as thou hast prepared for us 
to walk in; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, to whom, with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 

IT Then shall be said or sung, all standing, 
Gloria in excelsis; or some proper Hymn 
from the Selection. 

G LORY be to God on high, and 
on earth peace, good-will to¬ 
wards men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we glo¬ 
rify thee, we give thanks to thee 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, 
heavenly King, God the Father 
Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, 
Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of 
God, Son of the Father, that takest 
away the sins of the world, have mer¬ 
cy upon us. Thou that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy up¬ 
on us. Thou that takest away the 
sins of the world, receive our prayer. 
Thou that sittest at the right hand 
of God the Father, have mercy upon 
us. 

For thou only art holy; thou only 
art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, 
with the Holy Ghost, art most high 
in the glory of God the Father. 
Amen. 






302 CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 


^ Then the Bishop shall let them depart with 
this Blessing. 

T HE peace of God, which pass- 
eth all understanding,keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord: And the bless¬ 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 


the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 

IT If any of the consecrated Bread and Wine 
remain after the Communion, it shall not be 
carried out of the Church ; but the Bishop 
and other Communicants shall, immediately 
after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink 
the same. 


Here endeth the Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion. 


THE FORM OF 

CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH OR CHAPEL; 

ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, AND LAITY 
OF SAID CHURCH, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, A. D. 1799. 


H The Bishop is to be received at the entrance of the Church, or Chapel, by the Church¬ 
wardens and Vestrymen, or some other persons appointed for that purpose. The Bishop 
and the Clergy who are present shall go up the aisle of the Church, or Chapel, to the 
Communion Table, repeating the 24th Psalm alternately, the Bishop one verse, and the 
Clergy another. 


Psalm xxiv. 

HE earth is the Lord’s, and all 
that therein is ; the compass 
of the world, and they that dwell 
therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon 
the seas, and prepared it upon the 
floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill 
of the Lord ? or who shall rise up 
in his holy place? 

4 Even he that hath clean hands, 
and a pure heart; and that hath not 
lift up his mind unto vanity, nor 
sworn to deceive his neighbour. 

5 He shall receive the blessing 
from the Lord, and righteousness 
from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them 
that seek him; even of them that 
seek thy face, O Jacob. 

7 Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates; 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 
doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

8 Who is the King of glory ? It 
is the Lord strong and mighty, even 
the Lord mighty in battle. 


9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting 
doors; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

10 Who is the King of glory? 
Even the Lord of hosts, he is the 
King of glory. 

IF The Bishop shall go within the rails, with 
such of the Clergy as can be there ac¬ 
commodated. The Bishop, sitting in his 
chair, shall have the instruments of do¬ 
nation and endowment, if there be any, 
presented to him ; and then standing up, 
and turning to the Congregation, shall 
say, 

I ’~AEARLY beloved in the Lord; 
J forasmuch as devout and holy 
men, as well under the Law as un¬ 
der the Gospel, moved either by the 
express command of God, or by the 
secret inspiration of the blessed Spi¬ 
rit, and acting agreeably to their own 
reason and sense of the natural de¬ 
cency of things, have erected houses 
for the public worship of God, and 
separated them from all unhallowed, 
worldly, and common uses, in order 
to fill men’s minds with greater reve¬ 
rence for his glorious Majesty, and 











303 


CONSECRATION OF A 

affect their hearts with more devo¬ 
tion and humility in his service; 
which pious works have been ap- 
roved of and graciously accepted 
y our heavenly Father: Let us not 
doubt but that he will also favour¬ 
ably approve our godly purpose of 
setting apart this place in solemn 
manner, for the performance of the 
several offices of religious worship, 
and let us faithfully and devoutly 
beg his blessing on this our under¬ 
taking. 

1 Then the Bishop, kneeling, shall say the 
following Prayer. 

O ETERNAL God, mighty in 
power, and of majesty incom¬ 
prehensible, whom the heaven of 
heavens cannot contain, much less 
the walls of temples made with 
hands; and who yet hast been gra¬ 
ciously pleased to promise thy espe¬ 
cial presence, wherever two or three 
of thy faithful servants shall assem¬ 
ble in thy Name, to offer up their 
praises and supplications unto thee; 
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to be present 
with us, who are here gathered to¬ 
gether with all humility and readi¬ 
ness of heart, to consecrate this place 
to the honour of thy great Name; 
separating it henceforth from all 
unhallowed, ordinary, and common 
uses; and dedicating it to thy service, 
for reading thy holy Word, for cele¬ 
brating thy Holy Sacraments, for 
offering to thy glorious Majesty the 
sacrifices of prayer and thanksgiv¬ 
ing, for blessing thy people in thy 
Name, and for the performance of all 
other holy offices: accept, O Lord, 
this service at our hands, and bless it 
with such success as may tend most 
to thy glory, and the furtherance of 
our happiness both temporal and 
spiritual; through Jesus Christ our 
blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 

T After this the Bishop shall stand up, and 
turning his face towards the Congregation, 
shall say, 


CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 

EGARD, O Lord, the supplica¬ 
tions of thy servants, and grant 
that whosoever shall be dedicated to 
thee in this house by Baptism, may 
be sanctified by the Holy Ghost, de¬ 
livered from thy wrath and eternal 
death, and received as a living mem¬ 
ber of Christ’s Church, and may ever 
remain in the number of thy faithful 
children. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that they who at 
this place shall in their own persons 
renew the promises and vows which 
they made, or which were made for 
them by their sureties at their Bap¬ 
tism, and thereupon shall be Con¬ 
firmed by the Bishop, may receive 
such a measure of thy Holy Spirit, 
that they may be enabled faithfully 
to fulfil the same, and grow in grace 
unto their lives’ end. Amen. 

Grant, 0 Lord, that whosoever 
shall receive in this place the blessed 
Sacrament of the Body and Blood 
of Christ, may come to that holy 
ordinance with faith, charity, and 
true repentance; and being filled 
with thy grace and heavenly bene¬ 
diction, may, to their great and end¬ 
less comfort, obtain remission of 
their sins, and all other benefits of 
his passion. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that by thy holy 
Word which shall be read and 
preached in this place, and by thy 
Holy Spirit grafting it inwardly in 
the heart, the hearers thereof may 
both perceive and know what things 
they ought to do, and may have 
power and strength to fulfil the 
same. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that whosoever 
shall be joined together in this place 
in the holy estate of Matrimony, 
may faithfully perform and keep the 
vow and covenant between them 
made, and may remain in perfect 
love together unto their lives’ end. 
Amen. 




304 CONSECRATION OF A 

Grant, we beseech thee, blessed 
Lord, that whosoever shall draw 
near to thee in this place, to give 
thee thanks for the benefits which 
they have received at thy hands, to 
set forth thy most worthy praise, to 
confess their sins unto thee, and to 
ask such things as are requisite and 
necessary, as well for the body as for 
the soul, may do it with such steadi¬ 
ness of faith, and with such serious¬ 
ness, affection, and devotion of mind, 
that thou mayest accept their boun- 
den duty and service, and vouchsafe 
to give whatever in thy infinite wis¬ 
dom thou shalt see to be most expe¬ 
dient for them: All which we beg 
for Jesus Christ’s sake, our most 
blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen, 

^ Then, the Bishop sitting in his chair, the 
Sentence of Consecration is to be read by 
some person appointed by him, and then 
laid by him upon the Communion Table ; 
after which the Bishop shall say. 

LESSED be thy Name, O Lord, 
that it hath pleased thee to put 
it into the hearts of thy servants to 
appropriate and devote this house to 
thy honour and worship; and grant 
that all who shall enjoy the benefit 
of this pious work, may show forth 
their thankfulness, by making a right 
use of it, to the glory of thy blessed 
JName; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

1 After this, the Minister appointed is to read 
the service for the day. 

PROPER PSALMS. 

Psalm lxxxiv. Psalm cxxii. Psalm 
cxxxii. 

PROPER LESSONS. 

Frits i. 1 Kings, chap. viii. verse 22 
to verse 63. 

Second. Heb. chap. x. verse 19 to 
verse 26. 

IT Morninjr Prayer being ended, there shall be 
sung from the Book of Psalms, in Metre, 
Psalm xxvi. verses 6, 7, 8, with the Gloria 
Patri. 

? The Bishop shall then proceed to the Com¬ 
munion Service. The following shall be 
the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, for the 
occasion. 


CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 

The Collect. 

MOST glorious Lord, we ac¬ 
knowledge that we are not 
worthy to offer unto thee any thing 
belonging unto us ; yet we beseech 
thee, in thy great goodness, gracious¬ 
ly to accept the Dedication of this 
place to thy service, and to prosper 
this our undertaking; receive the 
prayers and intercessions of all those 
thy servants who shall call upon 
thee in this house; and give them 
grace to prepare their hearts to 
serve thee with reverence and godly 
fear; affect them with an awful ap¬ 
prehension of thy Divine Majesty, 
and a deep sense of their own un¬ 
worthiness ; that so approaching thy 
sanctuary with lowliness and devo¬ 
tion, and coming before thee with 
clean thoughts and pure hearts, with 
bodies undefiled, and minds sancti¬ 
fied, they may always perform a ser¬ 
vice acceptable to thee; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. verse 14 to 
verse 17. 

E ye not unequally yoked to¬ 
gether with unbelievers: for 
what fellowship hath righteousness 
with unrighteousness ? and what 
communion hath light with dark¬ 
ness ? and what concord hath Christ 
with Belial? or what part hath he 
that believeth with an infidel? and 
what agreement hath the temple of 
God with idols? For ye are the 
the temple of the living God; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and 
walk in them; and I will be their 
God, and they shall be my people. 

The Gospel. St. Johnii. verse 13. 
ND the Jews’ Passover was at 
hand, and Jesus went up to 
Jerusalem, and found in the temple 
those that sold oxen and sheep and 
doves, and the changers of money 
sitting: and when he had made a 








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scourge of small cords, he drove 
them all out of the temple, and the 
sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out 
the changers’ money, and overthrew 
the tables ; and said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these things hence; 
make not my Father’s house an 
house of merchandise. And his dis¬ 
ciples remembered that it was writ¬ 
ten, The zeal of thine house hath 
eaten me up. 

V Then shall be said or sung the 100th 
Psalm. 

IT Here shall follow the Sermon. 

11 The Sermon being ended, the Bishop shall 
proceed in the Service for the Commun¬ 
ion, if it is to be' administered at that 
time. 

H After the Communion, or, if it is not ad¬ 
ministered at that time, after the Sermon, 
and immediately before the final Bless¬ 
ing, the Bishop shall say the following 
Prayer. 


B LESSED be thy Name, OLord 
God, for that it hath pleased 
thee to have thy habitation among 
the sons of men, and to dwell in the 
midst of the assembly of the saints 
upon the earth: bless, we beseech 
thee,the religious performance of this 
day, and grant that in this place now 
set apart to thy service, thy holy 
Name may be worshipped in truth 
and purity through all generations; 
through J esus Christ ourLord. Amen . 
HE peace of God, which pass- 
eth all understanding, keep 
your hearts and minds in the know¬ 
ledge and love of God, and of his 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And 
the blessing of God Almighty, the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
be amongst you, and remain with 
you always. Amen. 



AN OFFICE OF 

INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS 

INTO PARISHES OR CHURCHES. 

PRESCRIBED BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMER¬ 
ICA ; ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, AND 
LAITY, 1804; AND SET FORTH WITH ALTERATIONS, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, 1808. 


IT The Bishop having received due Notice of the Election of a Minister into a Parish 
or Church, as prescribed by the Canon, concerning “ the Election and Institution of 
Ministers,” and being satisfied that the “ person chosen is a qualified Minister of this 
Church,” may transmit the following Letter of Institution, for the proposed Rector, 
or Assistant Minister, to one of his Presbyters, whom he may appoint as the Insti- 
tutor. 

H In any Diocese, the concluding Paragraph in the Letter of Institution may be omit¬ 
ted, where it interferes with the Usages, Laws, or Charters of the Church in the 


same. 

To our well-beloved, in Christ, A. B., Presbyter, Greeting. 

WE do by these Presents give and grant unto you, in whose Leanning. Diligence, :sound Doctrine, and sigUium. 

» V prudence, we do fully confide, our License and Authority to perform the Office ot a Priest, in the Parish 
tor Church] of E And also hereby do institute you into said Parish, [or Church,].possessed of full power to per¬ 
form every Act of sacerdotal Function among the People ot the same ; you contmutng ini commumoni with 
us, and complying with the rubrics and canons of the Church, and with such lawful directions as you shall 

at And asa 6 cffnonlcaUy Tnstituted Priest into the Office of Rector [or Assistant Minister, as the case may be ] of —- 
Parish [or Church,] vou are faithfully to feed that portion of the flock ot Christ which is now intrusted to you; not 
as a man pleaser, but as continually bearing in mind that you are accountable to us here, and to the Chief Bishop and 

S °And e a| n the L S o e rdhath offiEd that they who serve at the altar should live of the things belonging to the altar ; so 
we authorize you to claim and.enjoy all the accustomed temporalities appertaining to» your cure, until some urgent 
reason or reasons occasion a wish in. you, or in the congregation comimtteil t o jourto bring aon a sej_a. ation, 
and dissolution of all sacerdotal relation, between you and them : of all which you will give us hue notice . anu in case 
of anv difference between you and your congregation, as to a separation and dissolution of all sacerdotal connection 
be twee n you 6 and fhem? wefyour Bishop, with the advice of our Presbyters are to be ^u um^arbiter andjudge 
In witness whereof, we have hereunto affixed our episcopal seal and signature, at , this daj ot , A. u. 
—, and in the-year of our consecration 

P P 









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V In the case of a Minister to be instituted in a Diocese in which there is no Bishop, 
the Clerical Members of the Standing Committee shall send the following Letter of 
Institution, for the proposed Minister, to the Presbyter whom they may appoint as 
Institutor. 

To our to ell-beloved in Christ , A. B., Presbyter, Greeting. 

\AT E do by these Presents authorize and empower you to exercise the Office of a Priest in the Parish oja-mnm 
VY [or Church] of E. And by virtue of the power vested in us, do institute you into said Parish, [or ai => luum - 
Church,] possessed of full power to perform every Act of sacerdotal Function among the People of the same; you 
complying with the rubrics and canons of the Church. 

And as a canonically instituted Priest into the Office of Rector [or Assistant Minister, as the case may be] of- 

Parish, [or Church,] you are to feed that-portion of the flock of Christ which is now intrusted to you; not as a man- 
pleaser, but as continually bearing in mind that you are accountable to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church 
here, and to the Chief Bishop and Sovereign Judge of all, hereafter. 

And as the Lord hath ordained that they who serve at the altar should live of the things belonging to the altar; so 
you have our authority to claim and enjoy all the accustomed temporalities appertaining to your euro, until some 
urgent reason or reasons occasion a wish in you, or in the congregation committed to your charge, to bring about a 
separation, and dissolution of all sacerdotal connection, between you and them : of all which you will give us due 
notice : and in case of any difference between you and your congregation, as to a separation, and dissolution of all 
sacerdotal connection between you and them, the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church in this Diocese (taking the 
advice and aid of a Bishop) shall be the ultimate arbiter and judge. 

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this-day of-, in the year— 

H The day being appointed for the new Incumbent’s Institution, at the usual hour of 
Morning Prayer, the Institutor, attended by the new Incumbent, and one or more 
Presbyters appointed by the Bishop (or, where there is no Bishop, by the Clerical 
Members of the Standing Committee) for that purpose, shall enter the Church. Then, 
all the Clergy present standing without ihe rails of the Altar, except the officiating 
Priest, who shall go into the Desk; the Wardens (or, in case of their necessary 
absence, two Members of the Vestry) standing on the right and left of the Altar, without 
the rails; the Senior Warden (or the Member of the Vestry supplying his place) holding 
the keys of the Church in his hand, in open view, the officiating Priest shall read Morning 
Prayer. 


PROPER PSALMS. 

Psalm exxii. Psalm cxxxii. Psalm 
cxxxiii. 

PROPER LESSONS. 

First. Ezek. chap, xxxiii. verse 1 
to verse 10. 

Second. St. John, chap. x. verse 1 
to verse 19. 

H Morning Prayer ended, the Priest who acts 
as the Institutor, standing within the rails 
of the Altar, shall say, 

D EARLY beloved in the Lord, 
we have assembled for the pur¬ 
pose of instituting the Rev. A. B. 
into this Parish,[orChurch,] as Priest 
and Rector [or Assistant Minister] 
of the same; and we are possessed 
of your Vote that he has been so 
elected; as also of the prescribed 
Letter of Institution. But if any of 
you can show just cause why he 
may not be instituted, we proceed 
no further, because we would not 
that any unworthy person should 
minister among you. 

IT If any objection be offered, the Priest who 
acts as the Institutor shall judge whether it 
afford just cause to suspend the Service. 
No objection being offered, or the Priest 
who acts as the Institutor choosing to 
go on with the Service, he shall next 


read the Letter of Institution. And then 
shall the Senior Warden (or the Member of 
the Vestry supplying his place) present the 
keys of the Church to the new Incumbent, 
saying, 

N the name and behalf of- 

Parish [or Church] I do receive 
and acknowledge you, the Rev. A. 
B., as Priest and Rector, [or Assis¬ 
tant Minister] of the same; and in 
token thereof, give into your hands 
the keys of this Church. 

11 Then the new Incumbent shall say, 

I A. B ., receive these keys of the 
House of God at your hands, as 
the pledges of my Institution, and 
of your parochial recognition, and 
promise to be afaithfulShepherd over 
you, In the Name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

IF Here the Instituting Minister shall begin 
the Office. 

Minister. The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Let us pray. 

IRECT us, O Lord, in all our 
doings, with thy most gracious 
favour, and further us with thy con¬ 
tinual help, that in all our works 
begun, continued, and ended in thee. 







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we may glorify thy holy Name, and 
finally by thy mercy obtain everlast¬ 
ing life; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who hath taught us to pray 
unto thee, O Almighty Father, in his 
prevailing Name and words, 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for¬ 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Priest who acts as the Insti- 
tutor receive the Incumbent within the 
rails of the Altar, and present him the Bi¬ 
ble, Book of Common Prayer, and Books of 
Canons of the General and State Conven¬ 
tion, saying as follows. 

ECEIYE these Books; and let 
them be the rule of thy conduct 
in dispensing the divine Word, in 
leading the Devotions of the people, 
and in exercising the Discipline of 
the Church; and be thou in all 
things a pattern to the flock com¬ 
mitted to thy care. 

IT Then shall be said or sung the following 
Anthem. 

Laudate Nomen. 

O PRAISE the Lord, laud ye the 
name of the Lord ; praise it, O 
ye servants of the Lord. Psalm 
cxxxv. verse 1. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of 
the Lord, in the courts of the house 
of our God. Verse 2. 

3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord 
is gracious ; O sing praises unto his 
Name, for it is lovely. Verse 3. 

4 The Lord is gracious and mer¬ 
ciful; long-suffering, and of great 
goodness. Psalm cxlv. verse 8. 

5 The Lord is loving unto every 
man; and his mercy is over all his 
works. Verse 9. 

6 All thy works praise thee, O 


Lord ; and thy saints give thanks 
unto thee. Verse 10. 

7 The Lord doth build up Jerusa¬ 
lem, and gathereth together the out¬ 
casts of Israel. Psalm cxlvii. verse 2. 

8 He healeth those that are broken 
in heart, and giveth medicine to heal 
their sickness. Verse 3. 

9 The Lord’s delight is in them 
that fear him, and put their trust in 
his mercy. Verse 11. 

10 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; 
prise thy God, O Zion. Verse 12. 

11 For he hath made fast the bars 
of thy gates, and hath blessed thy 
children within thee. Verse 13. 

12 He maketh peace in thy bor¬ 
ders, and filleth thee with the flour 
of wheat. Verse 14. 

13 He is our God, even the God 
of whom cometh salvation: God is 
the Lord, by whom we escape death. 
Psalm xlviii. verse 20. 

14 0 God, wonderful art thou in 
thy holy places: even the God of 
Israel, he will give strength and 
power unto his people. Blessed be 
God. Verse 35. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now 
and ever shall be, world without end. 

Minister. The Law was given 
by Moses; 

People. But Grace and Truth 
came by Jesus Christ: 

Minister People. Who is God 
over all,blessed for evermore. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

OST gracious God, the Giver 
of all good and perfect gifts, 
who of thy wise providence hast ap¬ 
pointed divers Orders in thy Church; 
Give thy grace, we beseech thee, to 
thy servant, to whom the charge of 
this Congregation is now committed; 
and so replenish him with the truth 
of thy doctrine, and endue him with 
innocency of life, that he may faith¬ 
fully serve before thee, to the glory 






308 


OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


of thy great Name, and the benefit 
of thy holy Church; through Jesus 
Christ, our only Mediator and Re¬ 
deemer. Amen. 

HOLY Jesus, who hast pur¬ 
chased to thyself an universal 
Church, and hast promised to be 
with the Ministers of Apostolic Suc¬ 
cession to the end of the world; Be 
graciously pleased to bless the min¬ 
istry and service of him who is now 
appointed to offer the sacrifices of 
prayer and praise to thee in this 
house, which is called by thy Name. 
May the words of his mouth, and the 
meditation of his heart, be always 
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our 
strength and our Redeemer. Amen. 
GOD, Holy Ghost, Sanctifier 
of the Faithful, visit, we pray 
thee, this Congregation with thy love 
and favour; enlighten their minds 
more and more with the light of the 
everlasting Gospel; graft in their 
hearts a love of the truth; increase 
in them true religion; nourish them 
with all goodness; and of thy great 
mercy keep them in the same, O 
blessed Spirit, whom, with the Fa¬ 
ther, and the Son together, we wor¬ 
ship and glorify as one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

Benediction. 

HE God of peace, who brought 
again from the dead our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the 
everlasting covenant; Make you 
perfect in every good work to do his 
will, working in you that which is 
well pleasing in his sight; through 
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Instituted Minister kneel at 
the Altar, to present his supplication for 
himself, in this form. 

O LORD my God! I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest 
come under my roof; yet thou hast 
honoured thy servant with appoint¬ 


ing him to stand in thy House, and 
to serve at thy holy Altar. To thee 
and to thy service I devote myself, 
soul, body, and spirit,—with all their 
powers and faculties. Fill my me¬ 
mory with the words of thy Law; 
enlighten my understanding with 
the illumination of the Holy Ghost; 
and may all the wishes and desires 
of my will centre in what thou hast 
commanded. And, to make me in¬ 
strumental in promoting the salva¬ 
tion of the people now committed to 
my charge, grant that I may faith¬ 
fully administer thy holy Sacra¬ 
ments, and by my life and doctrine 
set forth thy true and lively Word. 
Be ever with me in the performance 
of all the duties of my ministry; in 
prayer, to quicken my devotion; in 
praises, to heighten my love and gra¬ 
titude; and in preaching, to give a 
readiness of thought and expression 
suitable to the clearness and excel¬ 
lency of thy holy Word. Grant this 
for the sake of Jesus Christ thy Son 
our Saviour. 

f The Instituted Minister, standing up, 
shall say, 

The Lord be with you. 

Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY God, who hast 
built thy Church upon the foun¬ 
dation of the Apostles and Prophets, 
Jesus Christ himself being the chief 
Corner-Stone; Grant that, by the op¬ 
eration of the Holy Ghost, all Chris¬ 
tians may be so joined together in 
unity of spirit, and in the bond of 
peace, that they may be an holy 
temple acceptable unto thee. And 
especially, to this Congregation pre¬ 
sent, give the abundance of thy 
grace; that with one heart, they may 
desire the prosperity of thy holy 
Apostolic Church, and with one 
mouth may profess the faith once de¬ 
livered to the Saints. Defend them 







OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


from the sins of heresy and schism: 
let not the foot of pride come nigh 
to hurt them, nor the hand of the 
ungodly to cast them down. And 
grant that the course of this world 
may be so peaceably ordered by thy 
governance, that thy Church may 
joyfully serve thee in all godly quiet¬ 
ness ; that so they may walk in the 
ways of truth and peace, and at last 
be numbered with thy Saints in 
glory everlasting; through thy mer¬ 
its, O blessed Jesus, thou gracious 
Bishop and Shepherd of our souls, 
who art with the Father and the 


309 

Holy Ghost one God, world without 
end. Amen . 

IF Then shall follow the Sermon: and after 
that the Instituted Minister shall proceed to 
the Communion Service, and to adminster 
the holy Eucharist to his Congregation; 
and after the Benediction, (which he shall 
always pronounce,) the Wardens, Vestry, 
and others, shall salute and welcome him, 
bidding him God speed. 

IF When the Bishop of the Diocese is present 
at the Institution of a Minister, he shall 
make to him the address prescribed in this 
Office in the form of a letter; and may per¬ 
form such other duties herein assigned the 
Instituting Minister as he may choose. 




























SELECTIONS 


FROM THE 

PSALMS OF DAVID, 

IN METRE; 


WITH 


HYMNS, 

SUITED TO THE 

FEASTS AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH., 

AND 


OTHER OCCASIONS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 




HARTFORD: 

PUBLISHED BY S. ANDRUS & SON. 


1849 . 




“By the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
the United States of America, in Convention, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; this book of Psalms in 
Metre, selected from the Psalms of David, with Hymns, is set forth, and allowed to be 
sung in all congregations of the said Church, before and after Morning and Evening 
Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the discretion of the minister. 

“And it shall be the duty of every minister of any church, either by standing 
directions, or from time to time, to appoint the portions of Psalms which are to be sung.” 

“And further, it shall be the duty of every minister, w.jh such assistance as he 
can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order concerning the tunes to be 
sung at any time in his Church; and especially, it shall be his duty to suppress all 
light and unseemly music, and all indecency and irreverence in the performance, by 
which vain and ungodly persons profane the service of the Sanctuary.” 


[3] 

SELECTIONS 

FROM 

THE PSALMS OF DAVID, 

IN METRE. 


SELECTION I. C.M. 

From thei. Psalm of David. 

H OW blest is he, who ne’er consents 
By ill advice to walk, 

Nor stands in sinners’ ways, nor sits 
Where men profanely talk ; 

2 But makes the perfect law of God 
His business and delight; 

Devoutly reads therein by day, 

And meditates by night. 

3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, 
With timely fruit does bend 
He still shall flourish, and success 
All his designs attend. 

4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, 

No lasting root shall find; 

Untimely blasted, and dispersed 
Like chaff before the wind. 

5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb 
Before their Judge’s face: 

No formal hypocrite shall then 
Among the saints have place. 

6 For God approves the just man’s ways; 

To happiness they tend: 

But sinners, and the paths they tread, 
Shall both in ruin end. 

SELECTION 2. C. M. 

From the ii. Psalin of David. 

T HUS God declares his sovereign will; 

K The King that I ordain, 

Whose throne is fixed on Sion’s hill, 

Shall there securely reign.” 

2 Attend, O earth, whilst I declare 
God’s uncontroll’d decree: 

“Thou art my Son, this day my heir 
Have I begotten thee. 

3 “ Ask, and receive thy full demands; 
Thine shall the heathen be; 

The utmost limits of the lands 
Shall be possess’d by thee.” 



PSALMS. 


4 Learn then, ye princes ; and give ear, 

Ye judges of the earth ; 

Worship the Lord with holy fear; 
Rejoice with awful mirth. 

5 Appease the Son with due respect, 

Your timely homage pay: 

Lest he revenge the bold neglect, 
Incensed by your delay. 

6 If but in part his anger rise, 

Who can endure the flame ? 

Then blest are they, whose hope relies 
On his most holy Name. 

SELECTION 3. C. M. 

From the iii. Psalm of David. 

T HOU, gracious God, art my defence 
On thee my hopes rely: 

Thou art my glory, and shalt yet 
Lift up my head on high. 

2 Since whensoe’er, in my distress, 

To God l made my prayer, 

He heard me from his holy hill; 

Why should I now despair ? 

3 Guarded by him, I lay me down 
My sweet repose to take; 

For I through him securely sleep, 
Through him in safety wake. 

4 Salvation to the Lord belongs; 

He only can defend ; 

His blessing he extends to all 
That on his power depend. 

SELECTION 4. C. M. 

From the iv. Psalm of David. 

C ONSIDER that the righteous man 
Is God’s peculiar choice; 

And when to him I make my prayer, 
He always hears my voice. 

2 Then stand in awe of his commands, 
Flee every thing that’s ill; 

Commune in private with your hearts, 
And bend them to his will. 

3 The sacrifice of righteousness 
Present to God on high; 

And let your hope, securely fix’d, 

On him alone rely. 

4 While worldly minds impatient grow 
More prosperous times to see, 

Still let the glories of thy face 
Shine brightly, Lord, on me. 


PSALMS. 5 

5 So shall my heart o’erflow with joy, 

More lasting and more true 
Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine 
Successively renew. 

6 Then down in peace I’ll lay my head, 

And take my needful rest; 

No other guard, O Lord, I crave, 

( f thy defence possess’d. 

SELECTION 5. C. M. 

From the v. Psalm of David. 

R EGARD my words, O gracious Lord, 

Accept my secret prayer; 

To thee alone, my King, my God, 

Will I for help repair. 

2 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear, 

And, with the dawning day, 

To thee devoutly I’ll look up, 

To thee devoutly pray. 

3 Lord, I within thy house will come, 

In thy abundant grace; 

And I will worship in thy fear, 

Tow’rd thy most holy place. 

4 Let those, O Lord, who trust in thee, 

With shouts their joy proclaim; 

Let them rejoice whom thou preserv’st, 

And all that love thy Name. 

5 To righteous men, the righteous Lord 
His blessing will extend; 

And with his favour all his saints, 

As with a shield, defend. 

» SELECTION 6. S. M. 

From the vi. Psalm of David. 

I N mercy, not in wrath, 

Rebuke me, gracious God ! 

Lest, if thy whole displeasure rise, 

I sink beneath thy rod. 

2 Touch’d by thy quickening power, 

My load of guilt I feel; 

The wounds thy Spirit hath unclosed, 

O let that Spirit heal. 

3 In trouble and in gloom, 

Must I for ever mourn ? 

And wilt thou not, at length, O God, 

In pitying love return ? 

4 O come, ere life expire, 

Send down thy power to save; 

For who shall sing thy name in death, 

Or praise thee in the grave ? 


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5 Why should I doubt thy grace. 

Or yield to dread despair ? 

Thou wilt fulfil thy promised word, 

And grant me all my prayer. 

v SELECTION 7. C. M. 

From the viii. Psalm of David. 

O THOU, to whom all creatures bow 
Within this earthly frame, 

Through all the world how great art thou ! 
How glorious is thy name ! 

2 In heaven thy wondrous acts are sung, 

Nor fully reckoned there ; 

And yet thou mak’st the infant tongue 
Thy boundless praise declare. 

3 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, 
Employs my wondering sight; 

The moon, that nightly rules the sky, 

With stars of feebler light; 

4 O, what is man, that, Lord, thou lov’st 
To keep him in thy mind ? 

Or what his offspring, that thou prov’st 
To them so wondrous kind ? 

5 Him next in power thou didst create 
To thy celestial train ; 

Ordain’d with dignity and state 
O’er all thy works to reign. 

6 They jointly own his powerful sway ; 

The beasts that prey or graze; 

The bird that wings its airy way; 

The fish that cuts the seas. 

7 O thou, to whom all creatures bow 
Within this earthly frame, 

Through all the world how great art thou. 
How glorious is thy name ! 

SELECTION 8. C. M. 

From the ix. Psalm of David. 

T O celebrate thy praise, O Lord, 

I will my heart prepare; 

To all the listening world thy works, 

Thy wondrous works, declare. 

2 The thought of them shall to my soul 
Exalted pleasure bring; 

Whilst to thy name, O thou Most High, 
Triumphant praise I sing. 

3 The Lord for ever lives, who has 
His righteous throne prepared, 


PSALMS. 7 

Impartial justice to dispense, 

To punish or reward. 

4 All those who have his goodness proved 

Will in his truth confide; 

Whose mercy ne’er forsook the man 
That on his help relied. 

5 Sing praises therefore to the Lord, 

From Sion, his abode ; 

Proclaim his deeds, till all the world 
Confess no other God. 

SELECTION 9. C. M. 

From the xi. Psalm of David. 

T HE Lord a holy temple hath, 

And righteous throne, above; 

Whence he surveys the sons of men, 

And how their counsels move. 

2 If God the righteous, whom he loves, 

For trial does correct, 

What must the sons of violence, 

Whom he abhors, expect! 

3 Snares, fire, and brimstone, on their heads 
Shall in one tempest shower; 

This dreadful mixture his revenge 
Into their cup shall pour. 

4 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds 
With signal favour grace, 

And to the upright man disclose 
The brightness of his face. 

SELECTION 10. C. M. 

From the xiii. Psalm of David. 

H OW long wilt thou forget me, Lord ? 

Must I for ever mourn ? 

How long wilt thou withdraw from me, 

Oh ! never to return ? 

2 0 hear, and to my longing eyes 
Restore thy wonted light; 

Dawn on my spirit, lest I sleep 
In death’s most gloomy night. 

3 Since I have always placed my trust 
Beneath thy mercy’s wing, 

Thy saving health will come; and then 
My heart with joy shall spring. 

4 Then shall my song, with praise inspired* 

To thee, my God, ascend; 

Who to thy servant in distress 
Such bounty didst extend. 


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SELECTION 11. L.M. 

From the xiv. Psalm of David. 

FT1HE Lord looked down from heaven’s high tower, 
JL And all the sons of men did view, 

To see if any own’d his power, 

If any truth or justice knew ; 

2 But all, he saw, were gone aside, 

All were degenerate grown, and base; 

None took religion for their guide, 

Not one of all the sinful race. 

3 How will they tremble then for fear, 

When his just wrath shall them o’ertake ! 

For to the righteous God is near, 

And never will their cause forsake. 

4 0,that from Sion he’d employ 

His might, and burst th’ oppressive band ! 

Then shouts of universal joy 

Should loudly echo through the land. 

SELECTION 12. C. M. 

From the xv. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, who’s the happy man that may 
To thy blest courts repair, 

Not, stranger-like, to visit them, 

But to inhabit there ? 

2 ’Tis he who walketh uprightly, 

Whom righteousness directs; 

Whose generous tongue disdains to speak 
The thing his heart rejects. 

3 Who never did a slander forge, 

His neighbour’s fame to wound ; 

Nor hearken to a false report 
By malice whisper’d round. 

4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power, 

Can treat with just neglect; 

And piety, though clothed in rags, 

Religiously respect. 

5 Who to his plighted vows and trust 
Has ever firmly stood ; 

And, though he promise to his loss, 

He makes his promise good. 

6 Whose soul in usury disdains 
His treasure to employ ; 

Whom no rewards can ever bribe 
The guitless to destroy. 

7 The man, who by this righteous course 
Has happiness insured, 

When earth’s foundation shakes, shall stand, 

By Providence secured. 


PSALMS. 


SELECTION 13. C. M. 

From the xvi. Psalm of David. 

M Y grateful soul shall bless the Lord, 
Whose precepts give me light; 
And private counsel still afford 
In sorrow’s dismal night. 

2 I strive each action to approve 
To his all-seeing eye; 

No danger shall my hopes remove, 
Because he still is nigh. 

3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, 

My glory does rejoice; 

My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 
Wak’d by his powerful voice. 

4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, 
My soul from hell shall free ; 

Nor let thy Holy One in death 
The least corruption see. 

5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, 
Which to thy presence lead ; 

Where pleasures dwell without allay. 
And joys that never fade. 

SELECTION 14. 

From the xviii. Psalm of David. 


PART I. L. M. 


N O change of time shall ever shock 
My firm affection, Lord, to thee; 
For thou hast always been my rock, 

A fortress and defence to me. 

2 Thou my deliverer art, my God; 

My trust is in thy mighty power: 
Thou art my shield from foes abroad, 

At home my safeguard and my tower. 
3 To thee I will address my prayer, 

To whom all praise we justly owe; 

So shall I, by thy watchful care, 

Be guarded safe from every foe. 


PART II. L. M. 

1 Thou suit’st, O Lord, thy righteous ways 

To various paths of human kind ; 

They who for mercy merit praise, 

With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 

2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; 

The pure thy purity shall see: 

Such as perversely choose to go, 

Shall meet with due returns from thee. 

3 That he.the humble soul will save, 

And crush the haughty’s boasted might, 


PSALMS. 


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In me the Lord an instance gave, 

Whose darkness he has turn’d to light. 

Who then deserves to be adored 

But God, on whom my hopes depend ? 

Or who, except the mighty Lord, 

Can with resistless power defend ? 

Let the eternal Lord be praised, 

The rock on whose defence I rest! 

To highest heavens his Name be raised, 
Who me with his salvation bless’d ! 

My God, to celebrate thy fame, 

My grateful voice to heaven I’ll raise; 

And nations, strangers to thy Name, 

Shall learn to sing thy glorious praise. 


SELECTION 15. 

From the xix. Psalm of David. 

PART I. C. M. 

T HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 
Which that alone can fill; 

The firmament and stars express 
Their great Creator’s skill. 

The dawn of each returning day 
Fresh beams of knowledge brings; 
And from the dark returns of night 
Divine instruction springs. 

Their powerful language to no realm 
Or region is confined; 

’Tis nature’s voice, and understood 
Alike by all mankind. 

Their doctrine does its sacred sense 
Through earth’s extent display; 

Its bright contents the circling sun 
Does round the world convey. 

From east to west, from west to east, 

His ceaseless course he goes; 

And, through his progress, cheerful light 
And vital warmth bestows. 


PART II. c. M. 

God’s perfect law converts the soul, 
Reclaims from false desires; 

With sacred wisdom his sure word 
The ignorant inspires. 

The statutes of the Lord are just, 

And bring sincere delight; 

His pure commands, in search of truth 
Assist the feeblest sight. 

His perfect worship here is fix’d, 

On sure foundations laid : 


PSALMS. 11 

His equal laws are in the scales 
Of truth and justice weigh’d; 

4 Of more esteem than golden mines, 

Or gold refined with skill; 

More sweet than honey, or the drops 
That from the comb distil. 

6 My trusty counsellors they are, 

And friendly warnings give : 

Divine rewards attend on those 
Who by thy precepts live. 

6 But what frail man observes how oft 

He does from virtue fall ? 

O cleanse me from my secret faults, 

Thou God that know’st them all! 

7 Let no presumptuous sin, O Lord, 

Dominion have o’er me; 

That, by thy grace preserved, I may 
The great transgression flee. 

8 So shall my prayer and praises be 

With thy acceptance blest; 

And I, secure on thy defence, 

My strength and saviour, rest. 

SELECTION 16. S. M. 

From the xx. P9alm of David. 

M AY Jacob’s God defend 
And hear us in distress; 

Our succour from his temple send, 

Our cause from Sion bless! 

2 May he accept our vow, 

Our sacrifice receive, 

Our heart’s devout request allow, 

Our holy wishes give! 

3 O Lord, thy saving grace 
We joyfully declare ; 

Our banner in thy Name we raise— 

“ The Lord fulfil our prayer!” 

4 Now know we that the Lord 
His chosen will defend ; 

From heaven will strength divine afford, 

And will their prayer attend. 

6 Some earthly succour trust, 

But we in God’s right hand : 

Lo ! while they fall, so vain their boast, 

We rise, and upright stand. 

6 Still save us, Lord; and Still 
Thy servants deign to bless : 

Hear, King of Heaven, in times of ill, 

The prayers that, we address. 


PSALMS. 


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SELECTION 17. 

From the xxii. Psalm of David. 


PART I. C. M. 

Y God, my God, why leav’st thou me, 
When I with anguish faint? 

Oh! why so far from me removed, 

And from my loud complaint ? 

Lo! I am treated like a worm, 

Like none of human birth ; 

Not only by the great reviled, 

But made the rabble’s mirth. 


With laughter all the gazing crowd 
My agonies survey; 

They shoot the lip, they shake the head, 
And thus deriding say : 

“ In God he trusted, boasting oft 
That he was heaven’s delight; 

Let God come down to save him now, 
And own his favourite.” 

Withdraw not, then, so far from me, 
When trouble is so nigh ; 

O send me help ! thy help, on which 
Alone I can rely. 


PART II. c. M 

Like water is my life pour’d out, 

My joints are out of frame; 

My heart dissolves within my breast, 
Like wax before the flame. 

My strength is like a potsherd dried, 
My tongue is parch’d with drought; 

And to the dismal shades of death 
My fainting soul is brought. 

Like dogs, to compass me, my foes 
In wicked council meet; 

They pierced my inoffensive hands, 
They pierced my harmless feet. 

My body’s rack’d, till all my bones 
Distinctly may be told; 

Yet such a spectacle of wo 
As pastime they behold. 

As spoil, my garments they divide, 
Lots for my vesture cast: 

Therefore, O leave me not, my God, 
But to my succour haste. 

part hi. c. M. 

Lord, to my brethren I’ll declare 
The triumphs of thy Name; 

In presence of assembled saints 
Thy glory thus proclaim: 


PSALMS. 


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2 “Ye worshippers of Jacob’s God, 

All you of Israel’s line, 

O praise the Lord, and to your praise 
Sincere obedience join. 

3 “ He ne’er disdain’d on low distress 

To cast a gracious eye; 

Nor turn’d from misery his face, 

But hears its humble cry.” 

4 Thus in thy sacred courts, will I 

My cheerful thanks express; 

In presence of thy saints perform 
The vows of my distress. 

5 The meek companions of my grief 

Shall find my table spread; 

And all that seek the Lord shall be 
With joys immortal fed. 

6 Then shall the glad converted world 

To God their homage pay ; 

And scatter’d nations of the earth 
One sovereign Lord obey. 

7 ’Tis his supreme prerogative 

O’er all mankind to reign; 

’Tis just that he should rule the world, 
Who does the world sustain. 

8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, 

His bounty must confess ; 

The sons of want, by him relieved, 

Their generous patron bless. 

9 With humble worship to his throne 

They all for aid resort; 

That power which first their being gave, 
Alone can them support. 

10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, 
Devoted to his Name, 

To their adoring sons his truth 
And glorious acts proclaim. 

SELECTION 18. C. M. 

Froin the xxiii. Psalm of David. 

T HE Lord himself, the mighty Lord, 
Youchsafes to be my guide; 

The shepherd, by whose constant care 
My wants are all supplied. 

2 In tender grass he makes me feed, 

And gently there repose; 

Then leads me to cool shades, and where 
Refreshing water flows. 

3 He does my wand’ring soul reclaim, 

And, to his endless praise, 


PSALMS. 


Instruct with humble zeal to walk 
In his most righteous ways. 

4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, 

From fear and danger free; 

For there his aiding rod and staff 
Defend and comfort me. 

5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love 

Through all my life extend, 

That life to him I will devote, 

And in his temple spend. 

SELECTION 19. C.M. 

From the xxiv. Psalm of David. 

T HE spacious earth is all the Lord’s, 
The Lord’s her fulness is; 

The world, and they that dwell therein, 

By sovereign right are his. 

2 He framed and fix’d it on the seas; 

And his almighty hand 
Upon inconstant floods has made 
The stable fabric stand. 

3 But for himself this Lord of all 
One chosen seat design’d; 

Oh who shall to that sacred hill 
Deserved admittance find ? 

4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, 
Whose thoughts from pride are free; 
Who honest poverty prefers 
To gainful perjury. 

5 This, this is he, on whom the Lord 
Shall shower his blessings down; 

Whom God, his Saviour, shall vouchsafe 
With righteousness to crown. 

6 Such is the race of saints, by whom 
The sacred courts are trod; 

And such the proselytes that seek 
Thy face, O Jacob’s God. 

7 Erect your heads, eternal gates; 

Unfold, to entertain 
The King of glory: see ! he comes 
With his celestial train. 

8 Who is the King of glory ? who ? 

The Lord, for strength renown’d; 

In battle mighty ; o’er his foes 
Eternal victor crown’d. 

9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold 
In state to entertain 
The King of glory: see ! he comes 
With all his shining train. 


PSALMS. 

10 Who is the King of glory ? who 7 
The Lord of hosts renown’d; 

Of glory he alone is King, 

Who is with glory crown’d. 

SELECTION 20. S.M. 

From the xxv. Psalm of David. 

T O God, in whom I trust, 

I lift my heart and voice: 

O let me not be put to shame, 

Nor let thy foes rejoice. 

2 Those who on thee rely, 

Let no disgrace attend ; 

Be that the shameful lot of such 
As wilfully offend. 

3 To me thy truth impart, 

And lead me in thy way; 

For thou art he that brings me help. 
On thee I wait all day. 

4 Thy mercies and thy love, 

O Lord, recall to mind; 

And graciously continue still, 

As thou wert ever, kind. 

5 Let all my youthful crimes 
Be blotted out by thee; 

And, for. thy wondrous goodness 1 sake, 
In mercy think on me. 

6 His mercy and his truth 

The righteous Lord displays, 

In bringing wand’ring sinners home. 
And teaching them his ways. 

7 He those in justice guides 
Who his direction seek; 

And in his sacred paths shall lead 
The humble and the meek. 

8 Through all the ways of God 
Both truth and mercy shine, 

To such as, with religious hearts, 

To his blest will incline. 

9 Since mercy is the grace 

That most exalts thy fame, 
Forgive my heinous sin, O Lord, 

And so advance thy Name. 

10 Whoe’er, with humble fear 
To God his duty pays, 

Shall find the Lord a faithful guide, 

In all his righteous ways. 

11 For God to all his saints 
His secret will imparts, 


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And does his gracious covenant write 
In their obedient hearts. 

12 To Israel’s chosen race 
Continue ever kind; 

And, in the midst of all their wants, 

Let them thy succour find. 

SELECTION 21. C. M. 

From the xxvi. Psalm of David.* 

J UDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths 
Of righteousness have trod; 

I shall not fail, who all my trust 
Repose on thee, my God. 

2 I’ll wash my hands in innocence, 

And round thine altar go; 

Pour the glad hymn of triumph thence, 

And thence thy wonders show. 

3 My thanks I’ll publish there, and tell 
How thy renown excels; 

That seat affords me most delight, 

In which thine honour dwells. 

SELECTION 22. C. M. 

From the xxvii. Psalm of Davia. 

W HOM should I fear, since God to me 
Is saving health and light ? 

Since strongly he my life supports 
What can my soul affright ? 

2 Henceforth within his house to dwell 
I earnestly desire; 

His wondrous beauty there to view, 

And of his will inquire. 

3 For there I may with comfort rest, 

In times of deep distress; 

And safe, as on a rock, abide 
In that secure recess. 

4 When us to seek thy glorious face 
Thou kindly dost advise; 

11 Thy glorious face I’ll always seek,” 

My grateful heart replies. 

5 Then hide not thou thy face, O Lord, 

Nor me in wrath reject; 

My God and Saviour, leave not him 
Thou didst so oft protect. 


* Extract from the Journal of the General Convention, 1832. 

Resolved , As the sense and declaration of this Convention, that so much of the 
rubrics in the form of consecration of a church or chapel as r’equires the singing 1 of 
‘ Psalm 26, verses 6, 7, and 8,’ will hereafter be duly complied with by singing verses 
2 and 3, in the selection from the 26th Psalm, included in the Psalms in Metre autho¬ 
rized by these resolutions to be set forth. 




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6 Though all of nearest earthly ties, 

Me, in my wo, forsake, 

Yet thou, whose love excels them all, 

Wilt care and pity take. 

7 Instruct me in thy paths, () Lord, 

My ways directly guide; 

Lest sinful men, who watch my steps, 

Should see me tread aside. 

8 I trusted that my future life 

Should with thy love be crown’d; 

Or else my fainting soul had sunk, 

With sorrow compass’d round. 
c * God’s time with patient faith expect, 

Who will inspire thy breast 
With inward strength : do thou thy part, 

And leave to him the rest. 

SELECTION 23. C.M. 

From the xxviii. Psalm of David. 

A DORED for ever be the Lord ; 

His praise I will resound, 

From whom the cries of my distress 
A gracious answer found. 

2 He is my strength and shield ; my heart 
Has trusted in his Name; 

And now relieved, my heart, with joy, 

His praises shall proclaim. 

3 The Lord, the everlasting God, 

Is my defence and rock, 

The saving health, the saving strength, 

Of his anointed flock. 

4 O save and bless thy people, Lord, 

Thy heritage preserve; 

Feed, strengthen, and support their hearts, 

That they may never swerve. 

SELECTION 24: L. M. 

From the xxix Psalm of David. 

Y E that in might and power excel, 

Your grateful sacrifice prepare; 

God’s glorious actions loudly tell, 

His wondrous power to all declare. 

2 To his great Name fresh altars raise; 

Devoutly due respect afford; 

Him in his holy temple praise, 

Where he’s with solemn state adored 
3 ’Tis he that, with amazing noise, 

The watery clouds in sunder breaks; 

The ocean trembles at his voice, 

When he from heaven in thunder speaks. 

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4 How full of power his voice appears ! 

With what majestic terror crown’d! 
Which from their roots tall cedars tears, 

And strews their scatter’d branches round. 

5 God rules the angry floods on high; 

Kis boundless sway shall never cease; 

His saints with strength he will supply, 

And bless his own with constant peace. 

SELECTION 25. C. M. 

Prom the xxx. Psalm of David 

I N my distress to God I cried, 

Who kindly did relieve, 

And from the grave’s expecting mouth 
My hopeless life retrieve. 

2 O to his courts, ye saints of his, 

With songs of praise repair; 

With me commemorate his truth, 

And providential care. 

3 His wrath has but a moment’s reign, 

His favour no decay; 

The night of grief is recompensed 
With joy’s returning day. 

4 Therefore, O Lord, I’ll gladly sing 
Thy praise in grateful verse; 

And, as thy favours endless are, 

Thy endless praise rehearse. 

SELECTIONS. S. M. 

From the xxxi. Psalm of David. 

D EFEND me, Lord, from shame, 

For still I trust in thee; 

As just and righteous is thy Name, 

From danger set me free. 

2 Bow down thy gracious ear, 

And speedy succour send; 

Do thou my steadfast rock appear, 

To shelter and defend. 

3 To thee, the God of truth, 

My life, and all that’s mine, 

(For thou preserv’st me from my youth,) 

I willingly resign. 

4 My hope, my steadfast trust, 

I on thy help repose: 

That thou, my God, art good and just, 

My soul with comfort knows. 

5 Whate’er events betide, 

Thy wisdom times them all; 

Then, Lord, thy servant safely hide 
From those that seek his fall. 


PSALMS. 

6 The brightness of thy face 

To me, O Lord, disclose; 

And, as thy mercies still increase, 

Preserve me from my foes. 

7 How great thy mercies are 

To such as fear thy Name, 

Which thou, for those that trust thy care, 
Dost to the world proclaim ! 

8 O all ye saints, the Lord 

With eager love pursue; 

Who to the just will help afford, 

And give the proud their due. 

9 Ye that on God rely, 

Courageously proceed; 

For he will still your hearts supply 
With strength in time of need. 

SELECTION 27. L. M. 

From the xxxii. Psalm of David. 

H E’S blest, whose sins have pardon gain’d, 
No more in judgment to appear; 
Whose guilt remission has obtain’d, 

And whose repentance is sincere. 

2 No sooner I my wound disclosed, 

The guilt that tortured me within, 

But thy forgiveness interposed, 

And mercy’s healing balm pour’d in. 

3 Sorrows on sorrows multiplied, 

The harden’d sinner shall confound; 

But them who in His truth confide, 

Blessings of mercy shall surround. 

4 His saints, that have perform’d his laws, 
Their life in triumph shall employ; 

Let them, as they alone have cause, 

In grateful raptures shout for joy. 

SELECTION 28. 

From the xxxiii. Psalm of David. 

PART I. C. M. 

L ET all the just to God, with joy, 

Their cheerful voices raise; 

For well the righteous it becomes 
To sing glad songs of praise. 

2 Let harps, and psalteries, and lutes, 

In joyful concert meet; 

And new-made songs of loud applause 
The harmony complete. 

3 For faithful is the word of God, 

His works with truth abound; 

He justice loves, and all the earth 
Is with his goodness crown’d. 


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4 By his almighty word, at first, 

* The heavenly arch was rear’d; 

And all the beauteous hosts of light 
At his command appear’d. 

5 Let earth, and all that dwell therein, 

Before him trembling stand : 

For, when he spake the word, ’twas made, 
’Twas fix’d at his command. 

PART II. c. M. 

1 Whate’er the mighty Lord decrees, 

Shall stand for ever sure ; 

The settled purpose of his heart 
To ages shall endure. 

2 How happy then are they, to whom 

The Lord for God is known ! 

Whom he, from all the world besides, 

Has chosen for his own. 

3 Our soul on God with patience waits; 

Our help and shield is he : 

Then, Lord, let still our hearts rejoice, 

Because we trust in thee. 

4 The riches of thy mercy, Lord, 

Do thou to us extend ; 

Since we, for all we want or wish, 

On thee alone depend. 

SELECTION 29. 

From the xxxiv. Psalm of David. 

PART I. C. M. 

T HROUGH all the changing scenes of life, 
In trouble and in joy, 

The praises of my God shall still 
My heart and tongue employ. 

2 Of his deliverance I will boast, 

Till all that are distress’d 
From my example comfort take, 

And charm their griefs to rest. 

3 O magnify the Lord with me, 

With me exalt his Name: 

When in distress to him I call’d, 

He to my rescue came. 

4 The Angel of the Lord encamps 
Around the good and just; 

Deliverance he affords to all 
Who on his succour trust. 

5 O make but trial of his love, 

Experience will decide 
How blest they are, and only they 
Who in his truth confide. 


PSALMS. 

6 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then 
Have nothing else to fear; 

Make you his service your delight, 

Your wants shall be his care. 


PART II. c. M. 

1 Approach, ye children of the Lord, 

And my instruction hear; 

I’ll teach you the true discipline 
Of his religious fear. 

2 Let him who length of life desires, 

And prosperous days would see, 

From slandering language keep his tongue., 
His lips from falsehood free: 

3 The crooked paths of vice decline, 

And virtue’s ways pursue ; 

Establish peace, where ’tis begun, 

And where ’tis lost, renew. 

4 The Lord from heaven beholds the just 

With favourable eyes ; 

And, when distress’d, his gracious ear 
Is open to their cries: 

5 But turns his wrathful look on those 

Whom mercy can’t reclaim, 

To cut them off, and from the earth 
Blot out‘their evil name. 

6 Deliverance to his saints he gives, 

When his relief they crave; 

He’s nigh to heal the broken heart, 

And contrite spirit save. 

7 Great troubles may afflict the just, 

Yet God will save them still; 

The righteous he will keep from harm, 

And guard from every ill. 

8 The wicked, from their wickedness, 

Their ruin shall derive ; 

Whilst righteous men, whom they detest, 
Shall them and theirs survive. 

9 For God preserves the souls of those 

Who on his truth depend ; 

To them, and their posterity, 

His blessings shall descend. 


SELECTION 30. L. M. 

From the xxxvi. Psalm of David. 

O LORD, thy mercy, my sure hope, 

The highest orb of heaven transcends ; 
Thy sacred truth’s unmeasured scope 
Beyond the spreading sky extends. 


PSALMS. 


2 Thy justice like the hills remains. 

Unfathom’d depths thy judgments are * 
Thy providence the world sustains, 

The whole creation is thy care. 

3 Since of thy goodness all partake, 

With what assurance should the just 
Thy sheltering wings their refuge make, 
And saints to thy protection trust! 

4 Such guests shall to thy courts be led, 

To banquet on thy love’s repast; 

And drink, as from a fountain’s head, 

Of joys that shall for ever last. 

5 With thee the springs of life remain, 

Thy presence is eternal day ; 

O let thy saints thy favour gain, 

To upright hearts thy truth display. 


SELECTION 31. 

From the xxxvii. Psalm of David. 

PART I. I I. 2. 


T HOUGH wicked men grow rich or great, 
Yet let not their successful state 
Thy anger or thy envy raise; 

For they, cut down like tender grass, 

Or like young flowers away shall pass, 
Whose blooming beauty soon decays. 

2 Depend on God, and him obey; 

So thou within the land shalt stay, 

Secure from danger and from want: 

Make his commands thy chief delight; 

And he, thy duty to requite, 

Shall all thy earnest wishes grant. 

3 In all thy ways trust thou the Lord, 

And he will needful help afford, 

To perfect every just design: 

He’ll make like light, serene and clear, 

Thy clouded innocence appear, 

And as a mid-day sun to shine. 

4 With quiet mind on God depend, 

And patiently for him attend, 

Nor envy the success of crime: 

For God will sinful men destroy; 

While they his presence shall enjoy, 

Who trust on him and wait his time. 


PART II. II. 2. 

1 The good man’s way is God’s delight: 
He orders all the steps aright 

Of him that moves by his command; 


PSALMS. 

Though he sometimes may be distress’d, 
Yet shall he ne’er be quite oppress’d, 

For God upholds him with his hand. 

2 With caution shun each wicked deed, 

In virtue’s ways with zeal proceed, 

And so prolong your happy days: 

For God, who judgment loves, does still 
Preserve his saints secure from ill, 

While soon the wicked race decays. 

3 The upright shall possess the land, 

His portion shall for ages stand; 

His mouth with wisdom is supplied, 

His tongue by rules of judgment moves, 
His heart the law of God approves; 
Therefore his footsteps never slide. 

PART III. II. 2. 

1 The wicked I in power have seen, 

And like a bay-tree fresh and green, 

That spreads its pleasant branches round 
But he was gone as swift as thought; 

And, though in every place I sought, 

No sign or track of him I found. 

2 Observe the perfect man with care, 

And mark all such as upright are; 

Their roughest days in peace shall end: 
While on the latter end of those 
Who dare God’s sacred will oppose, 

A common ruin shall attend. 

3 God to the just will aid afford, 

Their only safeguard is the Lord, 

Their strength in time of need is he: 
Because on him they still depend, 

The Lord will timely succour send, 

And from the wicked set them free. 

SELECTION 32. C.M. 

From the xxxviii. Psalm of David. 

T HY chastening wrath, O Lord, restrain, 
Though I deserve it all; 

Nor let on me the heavy storm 
Of thy displeasure fall. 

2 My sins, which to a deluge swell, 

My sinking head o’erflow, 

And, for my feeble strength to bear, 

Too vast a burden grow. 

3 But, Lord, before thy searching eyes 
All my desires appear; 

The groanings of my burden’d soul 
Have reach’d thine open ear. 


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4 Forsake me not, O Lord, my God, 

Nor far from me depart: 

Make haste to my relief, O thou, 

Who my salvation art. 

SELECTION 33. C. M. 

From the xxxix. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, let me know my term of days. 

How soon my life will end : 

The numerous train of ills disclose, 

Which this frail state attend. 

2 My life, thou know’st, is but a span, 

A cipher sums my years ; 

And every man, in best estate, 

But vanity appears. 

3 Man, like a shadow, vainly walks, 

With fruitless cares oppress’d ; 

He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell 
By whom ’twill be possess’d. 

4 Why then should I on worthless toys 
With anxious cares attend? 

On thee alone my steadfast hope 
Shall ever, Lord, depend. 

5 Lord, hear my cry, accept my tears, 

And listen to my prayer, 

Who sojourn like a stranger here, 

As all my fathers were. 

6 O spare me yet a little time ; 

My wasted strength restore, 

Before I vanish quite from hence, 

And shall be seen no more. 

SELECTION 34. L. M. 

From the xl. Psalm of David. 

I WAITED meekly for the Lord, 

Till he vouchsafed a kind reply; 

Who did his gracious ear afford, 

And heard from heaven my humble cry 

2 The wonders he for me has wrought 

Shall fill my mouth with songs of praise; 
And others, to his worship brought, 

To hopes of like deliverance raise. 

3 For blessings shall that man reward, 

Who on the Almighty Lord relies ; 

Who treats the proud with disregard, 

And hates the hypocrite’s disguise. 

4 Who can the wondrous works recount, 

Which thou, O God, for us hast wrought! 


PSALMS 




The treasures of thy love surmount 

The power of numbers, speech, and thought. 

5 I’ve learnt that thou hast not desired 

Offerings and sacrifice alone ; 

Nor blood of guiltless beasts required 
For man’s transgression to atone. 

6 I therefore come—come to fulfil 

The oracles thy books impart: 

’Tis my delight to do thy will; 

Thy law is written in my heart. 

7 In full assemblies I have told 

Thy truth and righteousness at large; 

Nor did, thou know’st, my lips withhold 
From uttering what thou gav’st in charge; 

8 Nor kept within my breast confined 

Thy faithfulness and saving grace: 

But preach’d thy love, for all design’d, 

That ail might that and truth embrace. 

9 Then let those mercies I declared 

To others, Lord, extend to me; 

Thy loving-kindness my reward, 

Thy truth my safe protection be. 

SELECTION 35. C. M. 

From the xli. Psalm of David. 

H APPY the man whose tender care 
Relieves the poor distress’d ! 

When troubles compass him around, 

The Lord shall give him rest. 

2 The Lord his life, with blessings crown’d, 

In safety shall prolong; 

And disappoint the will of those 
That seek to do him wrong. 

3 If he, in languishing estate, 

Oppress’d with sickness lie ; 

The Lord will easy make his bed, 

And inward strength supply. 

4 Secure of this, to thee, my God, 

I thus my prayer address’d: 
u Lord, for thy mercy, heal my soul, 

Though I have much transgress’d.” 

5 Thy tender care secures my life 
From danger and disgrace ; 

And thou vouchsaf’st to set me still 
Before thy glorious face. 

6 Let therefore Israel’s Lord and God 
From age to age be bless’d ; 


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And all the people’s glad applause 
With loud Amens express’d. 

SELECTION 36. C. M. 

From the xlii. Psalm of David. 

A S pants the hart for cooling streams. 

When heated in the chase; 

So longs my soul, O God, for thee, 

And thy refreshing grace. 

2 For thee, my God, the living God, 

My thirsty soul doth pine; 

O, when shall I behold thy face, 

Thou Majesty divine ? 

3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul 7 
Trust God; who will employ 
His aid for thee, and change these sighs 
To thankful hymns of joy. 

4 God of my strength, how long shall I, 

Like one forgotten, mourn; 

Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed 
To my oppressor’s scorn ? 

5 My heart is pierced, as with a sword, 

While thus my foes upbraid: 

“ Vain boaster, where is now thy God ? 

And where his promised aid ?” 

6 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ? 

Hope still; and thou shalt sing 
The praise of him who is thy God, 

Thy health’s eternal spring. 

SELECTION 37. II. 5. 

From the xlii. Psalm of David. 

A S pants the wearied hart for cooling springs, 

That sinks exhausted in the summer’s chase, 
So pants my soul for thee, great King of kings, 

So thirsts to reach thy sacred dwelling-place. 

2 Why throb, my heart ? why sink, my saddening soul ? 
Why droop to earth, with various woes oppress’d ? 
My years shall yet in blissful circles roll, 

And peace be yet an inmate of this breast. 

3 Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight, 

My heart shall gladden through the tedious day; 
And midst the dark and gloomy shades of night, 

To thee, my God, I’ll tune the grateful lay. 

4 Why faint, my soul ? why doubt Jehovah’s aid ? 

Thy God the God of mercy still shall prove; 

Within his courts thy thanks shall yet be paid: 
Unquestion’d be his faithfulness and love. 


PSALMS. 

SELECTION 38. L. M. 

From the xliii. Psalm of David. 

L ET me with light and truth be bless’d; 

Be these my guides to lead the way, 

Till on Thy holy hill I rest, 

And in thy sacred temple pray. 

2 Then will I there fresh altars raise 
To God, who is my only joy; 

And well-tuned harps, with songs of praise, 

Shall all my grateful hours employ. 

3 Why then cast down, my soul ? and why 
So much oppress’d with anxious care ? 

On God, thy God, for aid rely, 

Who will thy ruin’d state repair. 

SELECTION 39. C. M. 

From the xlv. Psalm of David. 

W HILE I the King’s loud praise rehearse, 
Indited by my heart, 

My tongue is like the pen of him 
That writes with ready art. 

2 How matchless is thy form, O King! 

Thy mouth with grace o’erflows; 

Because fresh blessings God on thee 
Eternally bestows. 

3 Gird on thy sword, most mighty Prince; 

And, clad in rich array, 

With glorious ornaments of power, 

Majestic pomp display. 

4 Ride on in state, and still protect 
The meek, the just, and true; 

Whilst thy right hand, with swift revenge, 

Does all thy foes pursue. 

5 How sharp thy weapons are to them 
That dare thy power despise ! 

Down, down they fall, while through their heart 
The piercing arrow flies. 

6 But thy firm throne, O God, is fix’d, 

For ever to endure; 

Thy sceptre’s sway shall always last, 

By righteous laws secure. 

7 Because thy heart, by justice led, 

Did upright ways approve, 

And hated still the crooked paths, 

Where wandering sinners rove: 

8 Therefore did God, thy God, on thee 
The oil of gladness shed ; 

And has, above thy fellows round, 

Advanced thy lofty head. 


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SELECTION 40. II. 2. 

From the xlvi. Psalm of David. 

G OD is our refuge in distress, 

A present help when dangers press, 
In him, undaunted we ’ll confide; 
Though earth were from her centre tost, 
And mountains in the ocean lost, 

Torn piecemeal by the roaring tide. 

2 A gentler stream with gladness still 
The city of our Lord shall fill, 

The royal seat of God most high: 

God dwells in Sion, whose fair towers 
Shall mock th’ assaults of earthly powers, 
While his almighty aid is nigh. 

3 Submit to God’s almighty sway, 

For him the heathen shall obey, 

And earth her sovereign Lord confess: 
The God of hosts conducts our arms, 

Our tower of refuge in alarms, 

As to our fathers in distress. 

SELECTION 41. L.M. 

From the xlvii. Psalm of David. 

O ALL ye people, clap your hands, 

And with triumphant voices sing • 

No force the mighty power withstands 
Of God, the universal King. 

2 He shall assaulting foes repel, 

And with success our battles fight; 

Shall fix the place where we must dwell, 
The pride of Jacob, his delight. 

3 God is gone up, our Lord and King, 

Vv ith shouts of joy, and trumpet’s sound ; 
To him repeated praises sing, 

And let the cheerful song rebound. 

4 Your utmost skill in praise be shown, 

For him who all the world commands; 
Who sits upon his righteous throne, 

And spreads his sway o’er heathen lands. 

SELECTION 42. C. M. 

From the xlviii. Psalm of David. 

T HE Lord, the only God, is great, 

And greatly to be praised 
In Sion, on whose happy mount 
His sacred throne is raised. 

2 In Sion we have seen perform’d 
A work that was foretold, 

In pledge that God, for times to come, 

His city will uphold. 


PSALMS. 


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3 Let Sion’s mount with joy resound ; 

Her daughters all be taught 
In songs his judgments to extol, 
Who this deliverance wrought. 

4 Compass her walls in solemn pomp. 

Your eyes quite round her cast; 
Count all her towers, and see if there 
You find one stone displaced. 

5 Her forts and palaces survey, 

Observe their order well; 

That to the ages yet to come 
His wonders you may tell. 

6 This God is ours, and will be ours. 

Whilst we in him confide ; 

Who, as he has preserved us now, 
Till death will be our guide. 


SELECTION 43. 


From the 1. Psalm of f'avid. 


PART I. II. 2. 


T HE Lord hath spoke, the mighty God 
Hath sent his summons ah abroad, 
Prom dawning light till day declines: 
The listening earth his voice hath heard, 
And he from Sion hath appeared, 

Where beauty in perfection shines. 

2 Our God shall come, and keep no more 
Misconstrued silence as before, 

But wasting flames before him send; 
Around shall tempests fiercely rage, 

Whilst he does heaven and earth engage 
His just tribunal to attend. 

3 Assemble all my saints to me, 

(Thus runs the great divine decree,) 

That in my lasting covenant live, 

And offerings bring with constant care : 
The heavens his justice shall declare, 

For God himself shall sentence give. 


PART II. ii. 2. 

1 Attend, my people; Israel, hear; 

Thy strong accuser I ’ll appear ; 

Thy God, thine only God, am I: 

’T is not of offerings I complain, 

Which, daily in my temple slain, 

My sacred altar did supply. 

2 The sacrifices I require 

Are hearts which love and zeal inspire, 
And vows with strictest care made good 


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PSALMS. 


In time of trouble call on me, 

And i will set thee safe and free, 

And thou shalt praise thy gracious God. 

3 Consider this, ye thoughtless men ! 

My vengeance shall not fall in vain, 

And none will dare your cause to own : 
Who praises me due honor gives; 

And to the man that justly lives, 

My strong salvation shall be shown. 

SELECTION 44. S.M. 

From the li. Psalm of David. 

H AVE mercy, Lord, on me, 

As thou wert ever kind; 

Let me, oppress’d with loads of guilt, 

Thy wonted mercy find. 

2 Wash off my foul offence, 

And cleanse me from my sin; 

For I confess my crime, and see 
How great my guilt has been. 

3 Against thee, Lord, alone, 

And only in thy sight, 

Have I transgress’d; and, though condemn’d, 
Must own thy judgment right. 

4 In guilt each part was form’d 
Of all this sinful frame; 

In guilt I was conceived, and born 
The heir of sin and shame. 

5 Yet, Lord, thy searching eye 
Does inward truth require; 

And secretly with wisdom’s laws 
My soul thou wilt inspire. 

6 With hyssop purge me, Lord, 

And so I clean shall be: 

I shall with snow in whiteness vie, 

When purified by thee. 

7 Make me to hear with joy 
Thy kind forgiving voice; 

That so the bones which thou hast broke 
May with fresh strength rejoice. 

8 Blot out my crying sins, 

Nor me in anger view: 

Create in me a heart that’s clean, 

An upright mind renew. 

9 Withdraw not thou thy help, 

Nor cast me from thy sight; 

Nor let thy holy Spirit take 
His everlasting flight. 

10 The joy thy favour gives 
Let me, O Lord, regain; 


PSALMS. 

And thy free Spirit’s firm support 
My fainting soul sustain. 

11 So I thy righteous ways 

To sinners will impart; 

Whilst my advice shall wicked men 
To thy just laws convert. 

12 Could sacrifice atone, 

Whole flocks and herds should die ; 

But on such offerings thou disdain’s! 

To cast a gracious eye. 

13 A broken spirit is 

By God most highly prized ; 

By him a broken, contrite heart 
Shall never be despised. 

14 Let Sion favour find, 

Of thy good will assured; 

And thy own city flourish long, 

By lofty walls secured. 

15 The just shall then attend, 

And pleasing tribute pay; 

And sacrifice of choicest kind 
Upon thine altar lay. 

SELECTION 45. C. M. 

From the Iv. P^dlm of David. 

G IVE ear, thou Judge of all the earth, 
And listen when I pray ; 

Nor from thy humble suppliant turn 
Thy glorious face away. 

2 My heart is pain’d : the shades of death 
Their terrors round me spread; 

While fearful tremblings seize my breast. 
Horrors o’erwhelm my head. 

3 And thus I breathe my heavy sigh 
To Him who hears above: 

“ O that my soul on wings could fly, 

And emulate the dove ! 

4 “ Swift I’d escape, and flee afar, 

Some secret place to find, 

Hide from the world’s distracting care, 
And rest my weary mind: 

5 “ I’d wing my everlasting flight, 

Bidding the world farewell, 

From sin and strife, to realms of light, 
Where peace and quiet dwell.” 

6 Thus will I call on God, who still 
Shall in my aid appear; 

At morn, at noon, at night I ’ll pray, 

And he my voice shall hear. 


PSALMS. 


SELECTION 46. C.M. 

From the lvi. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, though at times surprised hy fear. 
On danger’s first alarm, 

Yet still for succour I depend 
On thy almighty arm. 

2 God’s faithful promise I shall praise, 

On which I now rely; 

In God I trust, and, trusting him, 

The arm of flesh defy. 

3 I ’ll trust God’s word, and so despise 
The force that man can raise; 

To thee, O God, my vows are due, 

To thee I ’ll render praise. 

4 Thou hast retrieved my soul from death, 

And thou wilt still secure 
The life thou hast so oft preserved, 

And make my footsteps sure: 

5 That thus, protected by thy power, 

I may this light enjoy; 

And in the service of my God 
My lengthen’d days employ. 

SELECTION 47. L. M. 

From the Ivii. Psalm of David. 

O GOD, my heart is fix’d, ’t is bent, 

Its thankful tribute to present; 

And, with my heart, my voice I ’ll raise 
To thee, my God, in songs of praise. 

2 Awake, my glory; harp and lute, 

No longer let your strings be mute: 

And I, my tuneful part to take, 

Will with the early dawn awake. 

3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound 
To all the listening nations round : 

Thy mercy highest heaven transcends, 

Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. 

4 Be thou, O God, exalted high ; 

And as thy glory fills the sky, 

So let it be on earth display’d, 

Till thou art here, as there, obey’d. 

SELECTION 48. L. M. 

From the lxii. Psalm of David. 

M Y soul, for help on God rely, 

On him alone thy trust repose; 

My rock and health will strength supply, 

To bear the shock of all my foes. 


PSALMS. 


2 God does his saving health dispense, 

And flowing blessings daily send; 

He is my fortress and defence, 

On him my soul shall still depend. 

3 In him, ye people, always trust; 

Before his throne pour out your hearts: 
For God, the merciful and just, 

His timely aid to us imparts. 

4 The Lord has oft his will express’d, 

And I this truth have fully known; 

To be of boundless power possess’d, 
Belongs of right to God alone. 

5 Though mercy is his darling grace, 

In which he chiefly takes delight; 

Yet will he all the human race 
According to their works requite. 


SELECTION 49. II. 2. 

From the lxiii. Psalm of David. 

O GOD, my gracious God, to thee 

My morning prayers shall offer’d be. 
For thee my thirsty soul does pant; 

My fainting flesh implores thy grace, 

As in a dry and barren place, 

Where I refreshing waters want. 

2 O, to my longing eyes, once more, 

That view of glorious power restore, 

Which thy majestic house displays: 
Because to me thy wondrous love 
Than life itself does dearer prove, 

My lips shall always speak thy praise. 

3 My life, while I that life enjoy, 

In blessing God I will employ, 

With lifted hands adore his Name: 

As with its choicest food supplied, 

My soul shall be full satisfied, 

While I with joy his praise proclaim. 

4 When down I lie, sweet sleep to find, 
Thou, Lord, art present to my mind, 

And when I wake in dead of night, 
Because thou still dost succour bring, 
Beneath the shadow of thy wing 
I rest with safety and delight. 


SELECTION 50. 

From the lxv. Psalm of David. 


PART I. L. M. 

F OR thee, O God, our constant praise 
In Sion waits, thy chosen seat; 
Our promised altars there we’ll raise, 
And all our zealous vows complete. 

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2 Thou, who to every humble prayer 

Dost always bend thy listening ear, 

To thee shall all mankind repair, 

And at thy gracious throne appear. 

3 Our sms, though numberless, in vain 

To stop thy flowing mercy try; 

Whilst thou o’erlook’st the guilty stain, 

And washest out the crimson dye. 

4 Bless’distheman,who, near thee placed, 

Within thv sacred dwelling lives! 

’T is there abundantly we taste 
The vast delights thy temple gives. 

PART II. L. M. 

1 Lord, from thy unexhausted store, 

Thy rain relieves the thirsty ground ; 
Makes lands, that barren were before, 

With corn and useful fruits abound. 

2 On rising ridges down it pours, 

And every furrow’d valley fills: 

Thou mak’st them soft with gentle showers, 
In which a blest increase distils. 

3 Thy goodness does the circling year 

With fresh returns of plenty crown ; 

And where thy glorious paths appear, 

The fruitful clouds drop fatness down. 

4 They drop on barren deserts, changed 

By them to pastures fresh and green : 
The hills about, in order ranged, 

In beauteous robes of joy are seen. 

5 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn 

The cheerful downs ; the valleys bring 
A plenteous crop of full-ear’d corn, 

And seem, for joy, to shout and sing. 


SELECTION 51. 

From the lxvi. Psalm of David. 


PART I. C. M. 

L ET all the lands, with shouts of joy, 
To God their voices raise; 

Sing psalms in honour of his Name, 

And spread his glorious praise. 

And let them say, How dreadful, Lord, 
In all thy works art thou ! 

To thy great power thy stubborn foes 
Shall all be forced to bow. 


3 Through all the earth the nations round 
Shall thee their God confess ; 

And, with glad hymns, their awful dread 
Of thy great Name express. 


PSALMS. 

4 0 come, behold the works of God, 

And then with me you ’ll own 
That he to all the sons of men 
Has wondrous judgment shown. 

5 O all ye nations, bless our God, 

And loudly speak his praise; 

Who keeps our souls alive, and still 
Confirms our steadfast ways. 

PART II. C. M. 

1 My offerings to God’s house I ’ll bring, 

And there my vows will pay, 

Which I with solemn zeal did make 
In trouble’s dismal day. 

2 O come, all ye that fear the Lord, 

Attend with heedful care; 

Whilst I what God for me has done 
With grateful joy declare. 

3 As I before his aid implored, 

So now I praise his Name ; 

But, if my heart to sin incline, 

My prayer will God disclaim. 

4 But God to me, whene’er I cried, 

His gracious ear did bend; 

And to the voice of my request 
With constant love attend. 

5 Then bless’d for ever be my God, 

Who never, when I pray, 

Withholds his mercy from my soul, 

Nor turns his face away. 

SELECTION 52. S. M. 

From the lxvii. Psahn of David. 

T O bless thy chosen race, 

In mercy, Lord, incline; 

And cause the brightness of thy face 
On all thy saints to shine : 

2 That so thy wondrous way 

May through the world be known; 
While distant lands their tribute pay, 
And thy salvation own. 

3 Let differing nations join 
To celebrate thy fame; 

Let all the world, O Lord, combine 
To praise thy glorious Name. 

4 O let them shout and sing, 

With joy and pious mirth; 

For thou, the righteous Judge and King. 
Shalt govern all the earth. 


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5 Let differing nations join 

To celebrate thy fame ; 

Let all the world, O Lord, combine 
To praise thy glorious Name. 

6 Then God upon our land 

Shall constant blessings shower ; 
And all the world in awe shall stand 
Of his resistless power. 


SELECTION 53. L. M. 

From the Ixviii. Psalm of David. 

T HE servants of Jehovah’s will 

His favour’s gentle beams enjoy; 
Their upright hearts let gladness fill, 

And cheerful songs their tongues employ, 
2 To him your voice in anthems raise, 
Jehovah’s awful name he bears ; 

In him rejoice, extol his praise, 

Who rides upon high-rolling spheres. 

3 His chariots numberless, his powers 

Are heavenly hosts, that wait his will; 
His presence now fills Sion’s towers, 

As once it honour’d Sinai’s hill. 

4 Ascending high, in triumph thou 
Captivity hast captive led, 

And on thy people didst bestow 
Thy gifts and graces freely shed. 

5 E’en rebels shall partake thy grace, 

And humble proselytes repair 
To worship at thy dwelling-place, 

And all the world pay homage there. 

6 For benefits each day bestow’d, 

Be daily his great Name adored, 

Who is our Saviour and our God, 

Of life and death the sovereign Lord. 


SELECTION 54. 

From the lxix.Psalm of David 


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PART I. L. M. 

S AVE me, O God, from waves that roll, 
And press to overwhelm my soul: 
With painful steps in mire I tread, 

And deluges o’erflow my head. 

O Lord, to thee I will repair 

For help, with humble, timely prayer; 

Relieve me from thy mercy’s store, 

Display thy truth’s preserving power. 

From threatening dangers me relieve, 

And from the mire my feet retrieve; 

From all my foes in safety keep, 

And snatch me from the raging deep. 


PSALMS. 

4 Lord, hear the humble prayer I make, 

For thy transcending goodness’ sake; 

Relieve thy supplicant once more 
From thy abounding mercy’s store. 

5 Reproach and grief have broke my heart; 

I look’d for some to take my part, 

To pity, or relieve my pain; 

But look’d alas ! for both in vain. 

6 With hunger pined, for food I call, 

Instead of food they give me gall; 

And when with thirst my spirits sink, 

They give me vinegar to drink. 

7 For new afflictions they procured 

For him,who had thy stripes endured; 

And made the wounds thy scourge had tom, 
To bleed afresh with sharper scorn. 

PART II. L. M. 

1 My soul, howe’er distress’d and poor, 

Thy strong salvation shall restore: 

Thy power with songs I ’ll then proclaim, 
And celebrate with thanks thy Name. 

2 Our God shall this more highly prize 
Than herds or flocks in sacrifice; 

Which humble saints with joy shall see, 

And hope for like redress with me. 

3 For God regards the poor’s complaint, 

And frees the captive from restraint. 

Let heaven, earth, sea, their voices raise, 
And all the world resound his praise. 

SELECTION 55. C. M. 

From the Irai. Psalm of David. 

I N thee I put my steadfast trust, 

Defend me, Lord, from shame: 

Incline thine ear, and save my soul. 

For righteous is thy Name. 

2 Be thou my strong abiding-place, 

To which I may resort: 

Thy promise, Lord, is my defence, 

Thou art my rock and fort. 

3 My steadfast and unchanging hope, 

Shall on thy power depend; 

And I in grateful songs of praise 
My time to come will spend. 

4 Thy righteous acts and saving health 
My mouth shall still declare; 

Unable yet to count them all, 

Though summ’d with utmost care. 


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5 While God vouchsafes me his support, 

I ’ll in his strength go on; 

All other righteousness disclaim, 

And mention his alone. 

6 Thou, Lord, hast taught me from my youth. 

To praise thy glorious Name; 

And ever since, thy wondrous works 
Have been my constant theme. 

7 Therefore, with psaltery and harp, 

Thy truth, O Lord, I ’ll praise; 

To thee, the God of Jacob’s race, 

My voice in anthems raise. 

8 Then joy shall fill my mouth, and songs 

Employ my cheerful voice; 

My grateful soul, by thee redeem’d, 

Shall in thy strength rejoice. 

SELECTION 56. C. M. 

From the lxxii. Psalm of David. 

L O ! hills and mountains shall bring forth 
The happy fruits of peace; 

Which all the land shall own to be 
The work of righteousness: 

2 While David’s Son our needy race 
Shall rule with gentle sway; 

And from their humble neck shall take 
Oppressive yokes away. 

3 In every heart thy awful fear 
Shall then be rooted fast, 

As long as sun and moon endure, 

Or time itself shall last. 

4 He shall descend like rain, that cheers 
The meadow’s second birth; 

Or like warm showers, whose gentle drops 
Refresh the thirsty earth. 

5 In his blest days the just and good 
Shall spring up all around: 

The happy land shall every where 
With endless peace abound. 

6 His uncontroll’d dominion shall 
From sea to sea extend ; 

Begin at proud Euphrates’ stream, 

At nature’s limits end. 

7 To him the savage nations round 
Shall bow their servile heads; 

His vanquish’d foes shall lick the dust 
Where he his conquest spreads. 

8 The kings of Tarshish and the isles 
Shall costly presents bring; 


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From spicy Sheba gifts shall come., 

And wealthy Saba’s king. 

9 To him shall every king on earth 
His humble homage pay ; 

And differing nations gladly join 
To own his righteous sway. 

10 For he shall set the needy free, 

When they for succour cry *, 

Shall save the helpless and the poor, 

And all their wants supply. 

11 For him shall constant prayer be made, 

Through all his prosperous days: 

His just dominion shall afford 
A lasting theme of praise. 

12 The memory of his glorious Name 

Through endless years shall run; 

His spotless fame shall shine as bright 
And lasting as the sun. 

13 In him the nations of the world 

Shall be completely bless’d, 

And his unbounded happiness 
By every tongue confess’d 

14 Then bless’d be God, the mighty Lord, 

The God whom Israel fears; 

Who only wondrous in his works 
Beyond compare, appears. 

15 Let earth be with his glory fill’d, 

For ever bless his Name ; 

Whilst to his praise the listening world 
Their glad assent proclaim. 

SELECTION 57. L. M. 

From the lxxiii. Psalm of David. 

T HY presence, Lord, hath me supplied, 

Thou my right hand support does give; 
Thou first shalt with thy counsel guide, 

And then to glory me receive. 

2 Whom then in heaven, but thee alone, 

Have I, whose favour I require ? 
Throughout the spacious earth there’s none, 
Compared with thee, that I desire. 

3 My trembling flesh and aching heart 
May often fail to succour me; 

But God shall inward strength impart, 

And my eternal portion be. 

4 For they that far from thee remove 
Shall into sudden ruin fall; 

If after other gods they rove, 

Thy vengeance shall destroy them all. 


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5 But as for me, ’t is good and just 
That I should still to God repair; 

In him I always put my trust, 

And will his wondrous works declare. 


SELECTION 58. C. M. 

From the lxxiv. Psalm of David. 

T HINE is the cheerful day, O Lord; 

Thine the return of night ; 

Thou hast prepared the glorious sun, 
And every feebler light. 

2 By thee the borders of the earth 
In perfect order stand; 

The summer’s warmth,and winter’s cold, 
Attend on thy command. 


SELECTION 59. IV. 1 

From the lxxvi. Psalm of David. 

T HE Name of our God 
In Israel is known; 
His mansion beloved 
Is Sion alone: 

There broke he the arrows 
The enemy hurl’d, 

And honour’d his mountain 
Above all the world. 

The pride of thy foes 
Is turn’d to thy praise; 
Their fierceness o’er-ruled 
Thy providence sways; 
Their sin overflowing 
Thy power will restrain; 
Thy arm on the wicked 
New glory will gain. 

Ye nations, to God 
Vow homage sincere; 
Devote to him gifts, 

Love, worship, and fear; 
Before him, ye mighty, 

Your spirits repress! 

Ye high, and ye humble, 

His wonders confess; 


SELECTION 60. C. M. 

From the Ixxvui. Psalm of David. 

H EAR, O my people; to my law 
Devout attention lend; 

Let the instruction of my mouth 
Deep in your hearts descend. 

2 My tongue shall oracles proclaim 

Which ancient times have known; 


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Tl-e truths which our forefathers’ care 
To us has handed down. 

3 Wf will not hide them from our sons, 

Uur offspring shall be taught 
The praises of the Lord, whose strength 
Has works of wonder wrought. 

4 For Jacob he his law ordain’d, 

His league with Israel made; 

With charge to be from age to age, 

From race to race convey’d; 

5 That generations yet to come 

Should to their unborn heirs 
Religiously transmit the same, 

And they again to theirs. 

6 To teach them that in God alone 

Their hope securely stands; 

That they should ne’er his works forget, 

But keep his just commands. 

SELECTION 61. L.M. 

From the lxxx. Psalm of David. 

O THOU whom heavenly hosts obey, 

How long shall thy fierce anger burn ? 
How long thy suffering people pray, 

And to their prayers have no return ? 

2 Thou brought’st a vine from Egypt’s land; 
And casting out the heathen race, 

Didst plant it with thine own right hand, 
And firmly fix it in their place. 

3 Before it thou prepar’dst the way, 

And mad’st it take a lasting root; 

Which, bless’d with thy indulgent ray, 

O’er all the land did widely shoot. 

4 The hills were cover’d with its shade, 

Its goodly boughs did cedars seem; 

Its branches to the sea were spread, 

And reach’d to proud Euphrates’ stream. 

5 To thee, O God of hosts, we pray, 

Thy wonted goodness, Lord, renew; 

From heaven, thy throne, this vine survey, 
And her sad state with pity view. 

6 Behold the vineyard made by thee, 

Which thy right hand did guard so long; 
And keep that branch from danger free, 
Which for thyself thou mad’st so strong. 

7 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou 
The lustre of thy face display; 

And all the ills we suffer now, 

Like scatter’d clouds, shall pass away. 


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SELECTION 62. C.M. 

From the hum. Psalm of David. 

T O God, our never-failing strength. 

With loud applauses sing: 

And jointly make a cheerful noise 
To Jacob’s awful King. 

2 Compose a hymn of praise, and touch 
Your instruments of joy; 

Let psalteries and tuneful harps 
Your grateful skill employ. 

3 Let trumpets at the festival 
Their joyful voices raise, 

To celebrate th’ appointed time, 

The solemn day of praise. 

4 For this a statute was of old, 

Which Jacob’s God decreed 
To be with pious care observed, 

By Israel’s chosen seed. 

SELECTION 63. C. M. 

From the lxxxiv. Psalm of David. 

O GOD of hosts, the mighty Lord, 

How lovely is the place, 

Where thou enthroned in glory, show’st 
The brightness of thy face ! 

2 My longing soul faints with desire 
To view thy blest abode; 

My panting heart and flesh cry out 
For thee, the living God. 

3 The birds, more happy far than I, 

Around thy temple throng; 

Securely there they build, and there 
Securely hatch their young. 

4 O Lord of hosts, my king and God, 

How highly bless’d are they, 

Who in thy temple always dwell, 

And there thy praise display ! 

5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee 
Their sure protection made, 

Who long to tread the sacred ways 
That to thy dwelling lead ! 

6 Who pass through parch’d and thirsty vales, 
Yet no refreshment want; 

Their pools are fill’d with rain, which thou 
At their request dost grant. 

7 Thus they proceed from strength to strength, 
And still approach more near; 

Till all on Sion’s holy mount 
Before their God appear. 


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8 Within thy courts one single day 

’T is better to attend, 

Than, Lord, in any other place 
A thousand days to spend. 

9 Much rather in God’s house will I 

The meanest office take, 

Than in the wealthy tents of sin 
My pompous dwelling make. 

10 For God, who is our sun and shield. 

Will grace and glory give; 

And no good thing will he withhold 
From them that justly live. 

11 Thou God, whom heavenly hosts obey. 

How highly bless’d is he, 

Whose hope and trust, securely placed, 

Are still reposed on thee. 

SELECTION 64. C. M. 

From the lxxxv. Psalm of David. 

O GOD our Saviour, all our hearts 
To thy obedience turn ; 

That, quench’d with our repenting tears, 

Thy wrath no more may burn. 

2 For why should’st thou be angry still 
And wrath so long retain 7 
Revive us, Lord, and let thy saints 
Thy wonted comfort gain. 

3 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display, 

Which we have long implored; 

And, for thy wondrous mercy’s sake, 

Thy wonted aid afford. 

4 God’s answer patiently I ’ll wait; 

For he with glad success, 

If they no more to folly turn, 

His mourning saints will bless. 

5 To all that fear God’s holy Name 
His sure salvation’s near; 

His glory in our happy land 
For ever shall appear. 

6 For mercy now with truth is join’d; 

And righteousness with peace, 

Like kind companions, absent long, 

With friendly arms embrace. 

7 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilst heaven 
Shall streams of justice pour; 

And God, from whom all goodness flows, 

Shall endless plenty shower. 

8 Before him righteousness shall march, 

And his just paths prepare; 


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While we his holy steps pursue 
With constant zeal and care. 

SELECTION 65. C. M. 

From the lxxxvi. Psalm of David. 

T O my complaint, O Lord my God, 
Thy gracious ear incline; 

Hear me, distress’d,and destitute 
Of all relief but thine. 

2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul, 

That does thy Name adore; 

Thy servant keep, and him whose trust 
Relies on thee, restore. 

3 To me, who daily thee invoke, 

Thy mercy, Lord, extend; 

Refresh thy servant’ssoul, whose hopes 
On thee alone depend. 

4 Thou, Lord, art good; nor only good, 
But prompt to pardon too; 

Of plenteous mercy to all those 
Who for thy mercy sue. 

5 To my repeated humble prayer, 

O Lord, attentive be; 

When troubled, I on thee will call, 

For thou wilt answer me. 

6 Among the gods there’s none like thee, 
O Lord, alone divine ! 

To thee as much inferior they, 

As are their works to thine. 

7 Therefore their great Creator, thee 
The nations shall adore; 

Their long-misguided prayers and praise 
To thy bless’d Name restore. 

8 All shall confess thee great, and great 
The wonders thou hast done; 

Confess thee God, the God supreme, 
Confess thee God alone. 

9 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I 
From truth shall ne’er depart; 

In reverence to thy sacred Name 
Devoutly fix my heart. 

10 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God, 
Praise thee with heart sincere; 

And to thy everlasting Name 
Eternal trophies rear. 

11 Thy boundless mercy shown to me 
Transcends my power to tell; 

For thou hast oft redeem’d my soul 
From lowest deeps of hell. 


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12 And thou thy constant goodness didst 
To my assistance bring; 

Of patience, mercy, and of truth, 

Thou everlasting spring! 

SELECTION 66. II. 3. 

From the lxxxvii. Psalm of David. 

G OD’S temple crowns the holy mount, 

The Lord there condescends to dwell: 

His Sion’s gates, in his account, 

Our Israel’s fairest tents excel: 

Yea, glorious things of thee we sing, 

O city of th’ Almighty King! 

2 Of honour’d Sion we aver, 

Illustrious throngs from her proceed; 

Th’ Almighty shall establish her, 

And shall enrol her holy seed: 

Yea, for his people he shall count 
The children of his favour’d mount. 

3 He ’ll Sion find with numbers fill’d 
Who celebrate his matchless praise; 

Who, here in hallelujahs skill’d, 

In heaven their harps and hymns shall raise; 

O Sion, seat of Israel’s King, 

Be mine to drink thy living spring! 

SELECTION 67. L . M. 

From the lxxxviii. Psalm of David. 

G OD of my life, O Lord most high, 

To thee by day and night I cry; 

Youchsafe my mournful voice to hear, 

To my distress incline thine ear. 

2 Like those whose strength and hopes are fled, 

They number me among the dead; 

Like those who, shrouded in the grave, 

For thee no more remembrance have. 

3 Wilt thou by miracle revive 

The dead,whom thou forsook’st alive? 

Shall the mute grave thy love confess, 

A mouldering tomb thy faithfulness ? 

4 To thee, O Lord, I cry forlorn, 

My prayer prevents the early morn : 

Why has thou, Lord, my soul forsook, 

Nor once vouchsafed a gracious look ? 

5 Companions dear, and friends beloved, 

Far from my sight thou hast removed; 

God of my life, O Lord most high, 

Youchsafe to hear my mournful cry! 


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SELECTION 68. L. M. 

From the lxxxix. Psalm of David. 

T HY mercies. Lord, shall be my song, 

My song on them shall ever dwell; 

To ages yet unborn, my tongue 
Thy never-failing truth shall tell. 

2 I have affirm’d, and still maintain, 

Thy mercy shall for ever last; 

Thy truth, that does the heavens sustain, 

Like them shall stand for ever fast. 

3 Thus spak’st thou by thy prophet’s voice: 

“ With David I a league have made; 

To him, my servant, and my choice, 

By solemn oath this grant convey’d : 

4 “ While earth, and seas, and skies endure, 
Thy seed shall in my sight remain; 

To them thy throne I will ensure, 

They shall to endless ages reign.” 

5 For such stupendous truth and love, 

Both heaven and earth just praises owe, 

By choirs of angels sung above, 

And by assembled saints below. 

6 What seraph of celestial birth 

To vie with Israel’s God shall dare 7 
Or who among the gods of earth 
With our Almighty Lord compare 7 
7 With reverence and religious dread, 

His saints should to his temple press; 

His fear through all their hearts should spread, 
Who his almighty Name confess. 

8 Lord God of armies, who can boast 

Of strength or power like thine renown’d 7 
Of such a numerous, faithful host, 

As that which does thy throne surround 7 
9 Thou dost the lawless sea controul, 

And change the prospect of the deep; 

Thou mak’st the sleeping billows roll; 

Thou mak’st the rolling billows sleep. 

10 In thee the sovereign right remains 

Of earth and heaven; thee, Lord, alone, 
The world, and all that it contains, 

Their Maker and Preserver own. 

11 Thine arm is mighty, strong thy hand, 

Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign; 
Possess’d of absolute command, 

Thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 

12 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear 
Thy sacred trumpet’s joyful sound; 


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Who may at festivals appear, 

With thy most glorious presence crown’d. 
Thy saints shall always be o’erjoy’d, 

Who on thy sacred Name rely; 

And, in thy righteousness employ’d, 

Above their foes be raised on high. 

For in thy strength they shall advance, 
Whose conquests from thy favour spring; 
The Lord of hosts is our defence, 

And Israel’s God our Israel’s King. 


SELECTION 69. 

From the xc. Psalm of David. 


PART I. C. M. 

O LORD, the Saviour and defence 
Of us thy chosen race, 

From age to age thou still hast been 
Our sure abiding-place. # 

Before thou brought’st the mountains forth, 
Or th’ earth and world didst frame, 
Thou always wast the mighty God, 

And ever art the same. 


Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust, 

Of which he first was made ; 

And when thou speak’stthe word, 11 Return/’ 
’T is instantly obey’d. 

For in thy sight a thousand years 
Are like a day that’s past: 

Or like a watch in dead of night, 

Whose hours unminded waste. 


Thou sweep’st us off as with a flood, 

We vanish hence like dreams:— 

At first we grow like grass that feels 
The sun’s reviving beams ; 

But howsoever fresh and fair 
Its morning beauty shows, 

’T is all cut down, and wither’d quite 
Before the evening close. 

We by thine anger are consumed, 

And by thy wrath dismay’d ; 

Our public crimes and secret sins 
Before thy sight are laid. 

Beneath thine anger’s sad effects 
Our drooping days we spend ; 

Our unregarded years break off, 

Like tales that quickly end. 

Our term of time is seventy years, 

An age that few survive: 

But if, with more than common strength, 
To eighty we arrive— 


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10 Yet then our boasted strength decays, 
To sorrow turn’d and pain : 

So soon the slender thread is cut, 

And we no more remain. 

PART II. c. M. 

But who thine anger’s dread effects 
Does, as he ought, revere ? 

And yet thy wrath does fall or rise, 

As more or less we fear. 

2 So teach us, Lord, th’ uncertain sum 

Of our short days to mind, 

That to true wisdom all our hearts 
May ever be inclined. 

3 O to thy servants, Lord, return, 

And speedily relent: 

As we of our misdeeds, do thou 
Of our just doom repent. 

4 To satisfy and cheer our souls, 

Thy early mercy send; 

That we may all our days to come 
In joy and comfort spend. 

5 To all thy servants, Lord, let this 

Thy wondrous work be known; 

And to our offspring yet unborn, 

Thy glorious power be shown. 

6 Let thy bright rays upon us shine, 

Give thou our work success ; 

The glorious work we have in hand 
Do thou vouchsafe to bless. 

SELECTION 70. 

From the xci. Psalm of David. 

PART I. II. 2. 

H E that has God his guardian made, 
Shall under the Almighty’s shade 
Secure and undisturb’d abide: 

Thus to my soul of him I’ll say, 

He is my fortress and my stay, 

My God, in whom I will confide. 

2 His tender love and watchful care 
Shall free thee from the fowler’s snare. 

And from the noisome pestilence ; 

He over thee his wings shall spread, 

And cover thy unguarded head ; 

His truth shall be thy strong defence. 

3 No terrors that surprise by night 
Shall thy undaunted courage fright, 

Nor deadly shafts that fly by day; 


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Nor plague of unknown rise, that kills 
In darkness, nor infectious ills 

That in the burning noon-tide slay. 

4 Because, with well-placed confidence, 

Thou mak’st the Lord thy sure defence, 
Thy refuge, even God most high; 
Therefore no ill on thee shall come, 

Nor to thy heaven-protected home 

Shall overwhelming plagues draw nigh. 

PART II. in. 3. 

1 God shall charge his angel legions 

Watch and ward o’er thee to keep; 
Though thou walk through hostile regions, 
Though in desert wilds thou sleep. 

2 On the lion vainly roaring, 

On his young, thy foot shall tread; 

And, the dragon’s den exploring, 

Thou shalt bruise the serpent’s head. 

3 Since, with pure and firm affection, 

Thou on God hast set thy love, 

With the wings of his protection, 

He will shield thee from above. 

4 Thou shalt call on him in trouble. 

He will hearken, he will save; 

Here for grief reward thee double, 

Crown with life beyond the grave. 

SELECTION 71. C. M. 

From the xcii. Psalm of David. 

H OW good and pleasant must it be 
To thank the Lord most high; 

And with repeated hymns of praise 
His Name to" magnify ! 

2 With every morning’s early dawn 
His goodness to relate ; 

And of his constant truth, each night, 

The glad effects repeat! 

3 To ten-string’d instruments we ’ll sing, 
With tuneful psalteries join’d; 

And to the harp with solemn sounds, 

For sacred use design’d. 

4 For through thy wondrous works, O Lord, 
Thou mak’st my heart rejoice; 

The thoughts of them shall make me glad ? 
And shout with cheerful voice. 

5 How wondrous are thy works, O Lord ! 
How deep are thy decrees ! 

Whose winding tracks, in secret laid, 

No careless sinner sees. 

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6 He little thinks, when wicked men, 

Like grass, look fresh and gay, 

How soon their short-lived splendour must 
For ever pass away. 

7 But thou, my God, art still most high; 

And all thy lofty foes, 

Who thought they might securely sin, 
Shall be o’erwhelm’d with woes. 

8 But righteous men, like rising palms, 

Shall grow and flourish still; 

Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice, 
On Lebanon’s high hill. 

9 These, planted in the house of God, 

Within his courts shall thrive; 

Their vigour and their lustre both 
Shall in old age revive. 

10 Thus will the Lord his justice show ; 

And God, my strong defence, 

Shall due rewards to all the world 
Impartially dispense. 

SELECTION 72. L. M. 


From the xciii. Psalm of David. 



The world’s foundation strongly laid, 
And the vast fabric still sustains. 


2 How surely stablish’d is thy throne! 

Which shall no change or period see; 
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, 

Art God from all eternity. 

3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, 

And toss the troubled waves on high; 
But God above can still their noise, 

And make the angry sea comply. 

4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure, 

And they that in thy house would dwell, 
That happy station to secure, 

Must still in holiness excel. 


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SELECTION 73. 

From the xciv. Psalm of David. 


PART I. C. M. 


S AY ye, the Lord shall not regard, 
Shall not your sins discern ? 

Take heed, ye foolish and unwise ; 

When will ye wisdom learn ? 

Can He be deaf who form’d the ear, 

Or blind who framed the eye ? 

Shall earth’s great Judge not punish those 
Who his known will defy ? 


PSALMS. 

3 (le fathoms all the hearts of men, 

To him their thoughts lie bare; 

His eye surveys them all, and sees 
How vain their counsels are. 

PART II. c. M. 

1 Bless’d is the man,whom thou, O Lord, 

In kindness dost chastise, 

And by thy sacred rules to walk, 

Dost lovingly advise. 

2 This man shall rest and safety find 

In seasons of distress; 

Whilst God prepares a pit for those 
That stubbornly transgress. 

3 For God will never from his saints 

His favour wholly take ; 

His own possession and his lot 
He will not quite forsake. 

4 The world shall yet confess thee just 

In all that thou hast done; 

And those that choose thy upright ways 
Shall in those paths go on. 

5 Long since had I in silence slept, 

But that the Lord was near, 

To stay me when I slipp’d ; when sad, 

My trouWed heart to cheer. 

6 My soul’s defence is firmly placed 

In God, the Lord most high: 

He is my rock, to which I may 
For refuge always fly. 

SELECTION 74. L. M. 

From the xcv. Psalm of David. 

O COME, loud anthems let us sing, 

Loud thanks to our Almighty King; 
For we our voices high shall raise, 

When our salvation’s rock we praise. 

2 Into his presence let us haste, 

To thank him for his favours past; 

To him address, in joyful songs, 

The praise that to his Name belongs: 

3 For God the Lord, enthroned in state, 

Is with unrivall’d glory, great; 

A King superior far to all 
Whom gods the heathen falsely call. 

4 The depths of earth are in his hand, 

Her secret wealth at his command ; 

The strength of hills that reach the skies 
Subjected to his empire lies. 


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5 The rolling ocean’s vast abyss 

By the same sovereign right is his: 

’T was made by his almighty hand 
That form’d and fix’d the solid land. 

6 O let us to his courts repair, 

And bow with adoration there: 

Down on our knees devoutly all 
Before the Lord, our Maker, fall. 

7 For he’s our God, our shepherd he, 

His flock and pasture-sheep are we: 

O then, ye faithful flock, to-day 
His warning hear, his voice obey. 

SELECTION 75. II. 8. 

From the xcvi. Psalm of David. 

S ING to the Lord a new-made song ; 
Let earth in one assembled throng, 
Her common Patron’s praise resound: 
Sing to the Lord, and bless his Name, 
From day to day his praise proclaim, 
Who us has with salvation crown’d : 
To heathen lands his fame rehearse, 

His wonders to the universe. 

2 He’s great, and greatly to be praised; 

In majesty and glory raised 
Above all other deities ; 

For pageantry and idols all 

Are they whom gods the heathen call; 

He only rules who made the skies: 
With majesty and honour crown’d, 

Glory and strength his throne surround 
3 Be glory then to him restored 
By all who have false gods adored: 

Ascribe due honour to his Name, 
Peace-offerings on his altar lay, 

Before his throne your homage pay, 
Which he, and he alone, can claim: 
To worship at his sacred court, 

Let all the trembling world resort. 

4 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, 

Whose power the universe sustains, 

And banish’d justice will restore: 

Let therefore heaven new joys confess, 
And heavenly mirth let earth express, 

Its loud applause the ocean roar, 

Its mute inhabitants rejoice, 

And for this triumph find a voice. 

5 For joy let fertile valleys sing, 

The cheerful groves their tribute bring, 
And tuneful harmonies awake: 


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Behold ! in truth and justice clad, 

God comes to judge the world he made, 
And to himself his throne to take: 

He’s come, to judge the world he’s come, 
With justice to reward and doom. 

SELECTION 76. L. M. 

From the xcvii. Psalm of David. 

J EHOVAH reigns, let all the earth 
In his just government rejoice; 

Let all the lands, with sacred mirth, 

In his applause unite their voice. 

2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade 
His dazzling glory shroud in state; 
Judgment and righteousness are made 
The habitation of his seat. 

3 For thou, O God, art seated high, 

Above earth’s potentates enthroned; 
Thou, Lord, unrivall’d in the sky, 

Supreme by all the gods art own’d. 

4 Ye who to serve this Lord aspire, 

Abhor what’s ill, and truth esteem; 

He ’ll keep his servants’ souls entire, 

And them from wicked hands redeem. 

5 For seeds are sown of glorious light, 

A future harvest for the just; 

And gladness for the heart that’s right. 

To recompense its pious trust. 

6 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; 
Memorials of his holiness 
Deep in your faithful breasts record, 

And with your thankful tongues confess. 

SELECTION 77. C. M. 

From the xcviii. Psalm of David. 

S ING to the Lord a new-made song, 
Who wondrous things has done; 
With his right hand and holy arm, 

The conquest he has won. 

2 The Lord has through th’ astonish’d world 
Display’d his saving might, 

And made his righteous acts appear 
In all the heathen’s sight. 

3 Of Israel’s house his love and truth 
Have ever mindful been; 

Wide earth’s remotest parts the power 
Of Israel’s God have seen. 

4 Let therefore earth’s inhabitants 
Their cheerful voices raise, 

And all with universal joy 
Resound their Maker’s praise. 


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5 With harp and hymn’s soft melody, 

Into the concert bring 
The trumpet and shrill cornet’s sound, 
Before th’ Almighty King. 

6 Let the loud ocean roar her joy, 

With all that seas contain; 

The earth and her inhabitants 
Join concert with the main. 

7 Let floods and torrents clap their hands, 

With joy their homage pay; 

Let echoing vales, from hill to hill, 
Redoubled shouts convey: 

8 To welcome down the world’s great Judge, 

Who does with justice come, 

And with impartial equity, 

Both to reward and doom. 

SELECTION 78. C.M. 

From the xcix. Psalm of David. 

J EHOVAH reigns ; let therefore all 
The guilty nations quake: 

On cherubs’ wings he sits enthroned; 

Let earth’s foundations shake. 

2 On Sion’s hill he keeps his court, 

His palace makes her towers ; 

And thence his sovereignty extends 
Supreme o’er earthly powers. 

3 Let therefore all with praise address 
His great and dreadful Name; 

And with his unresisted might 
His holiness proclaim. 

4 For truth and justice, in his reign, 

Of strength and power take place; 

His judgments are with righteousness 
Dispensed to Jacob’s race. 

5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God, 

Before his footstool fall; 

And with his unresisted might 
His holiness extol. 

6 With worship at his sacred courts 
Exalt our God and Lord; 

For he, who only holy is, 

Alone should be adored. 

SELECTION 79. L. M. 

From the c. Psalm of David. 

W ITH one consent let all the earth 

To God their cheerful voices raise 
Glad homage pay with awful mirth, 

And sing before him songs of praise. 


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Convinced that he is God alone, 

Prom whom both we and all proceed; 

We, whom he chooses for his own, 

The flock that he vouchsafes to feed. 

O enter then his temple gate, 

Thence to his courts devoutly press; 

And still your grateful hymns repeat, 
And still his Name with praises bless. 

For lie’s the Lord, supremely good, 

His mercy is for ever sure; 

His truth, which always firmly stood, 

To endless ages shall endure. 


SELECTION 80. 

From the cii. Psalm of David. 

PART I. C. M. 

W HEN I pour out my soul in prayer, 
Do thou, O Lord, attend; 

To thy eternal throne of grace 
Let my sad cry ascend. 

O hide not thou thy glorious face 
In times of deep distress; 

Incline thine ear, and, when I call, 

My sorrows soon redress. 

My days, just hast’ning to their end, 

Are like an evening shade ; 

My beauty does, like wither’d grass, 

With waning lustre fade. 

But thine eternal state, O Lord, 

No length of time shall waste; 

The memory of thy wondrous works 
From age to age shall last. 


PART II. C. M. 

God shall arise, and Sion view 
With an unclouded face: 

For now her time is come, his own 
Appointed day of grace. 

The Name and glory of the Lord 
All heathen kings shall fear, 

When he shall Sion build again, 

And in full state appear. 

For God, from his abode on high, 

His gracious beams display’d; 

The Lord from heaven, his lofty throne, 
Hath all the earth survey’d. 

That they, in Sion, where he dwells, 
Might celebrate his fame, 

And through the holy city sing 
Loud praises to his Name. 


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PART III. C. M. 

1 The strong foundations of the earth 

Of old by thee were laid; 

Thy hands, O Lord, the arch of heaven 
With wondrous skill have made. 

2 Whilst thou for ever shalt endure, 

They soon shall pass away; 

And, like a garment often worn, 

Shall tarnish and decay. 

3 Like that, when thou ordain’st their change, 

To thy command they bend; 

But thou continuest still the same, 

Nor have thy years an end. 

4 Thou to the children of thy saints 

Shalt lasting quiet give ; 

Whose happy race, securely fix’d, 

Shall in thy presence live. 

SELECTION 81. L. M. 

From the ciii. Psalm of David. 

M Y soul, inspired with sacred love, 

God’s holy Name for ever bless ; 

Of all his favours mindful prove, 

And still thy grateful thanks express. 

2 ’Tis he that all thy sins forgives, 

And after sickness makes thee sound ; 
From danger he thy life retrieves, 

By him with grace and mercy crown’d. 

3 He with good things thy mouth supplies, 
Thy vigour eagle-like restores; 

He to the sufferer promptly flies, 

Who, wrong’d, his righteous help implores. 
4 The Lord abounds with tender love, 

And unexampled acts of grace; 

His waken’d wrath doth slowly move, 

His willing mercy flies apace. 

5 God will not always harshly chide, 

But with his anger quickly part; 

And loves his punishments to guide 
More by his love than our desert. 

6 As high as heaven its arch extends 
Above this little spot of clay, 

So much his boundless love transcends 
The small respects that we can pay. 

7 As far as ’tis from east to west, 

So far has he our sins removed; 

Who, with a father’s tender breast, 

Has such as fear him always lov’d. 


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8 For God, who all our frame surveys, 

Considers that we are but clay ; 

How fresh soe’er we seem, our days 
Like grass or flowers must fade away. 

9 Whilst they are nipp’d with sudden blasts, 

Nor can we find their former place, 

God’s faithful mercy ever lasts 

To those that fear him, and their race. 

10 This shall attend on such as still 

Proceed in his appointed way; 

And who not only know his will, 

But to it just obedience pay. 

11 The Lord, the universal King, 

In heaven has fix’d his lofty throne: 

To him, ye angels, praises sing, 

In whose great strength his power is shown. 

12 Ye that his just commands obey, 

And hear and do his sacred will, 

Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay, 

Who still what he ordains fulfil. 

13 Let every creature jointly bless 

The mighty Lord; and thou, my heart, 
With grateful joy thy thanks express, 

And in this concert bear thy par . 

SELECTION 82. S M. 

From the ciii. Psalm of David 

O BLESS the Lord, my soul, 

His grace to thee proclaim 
And all that is within me, join 
To bless his holy Name. 

2 O bless the Lord, my soul, 

His mercies bear in mind ; 

Forget not all his benefits, 

Who is to thee so kind. 

3 He pardons all thy sins, 

Prolongs thy feeble breath ; 

He healeth thine infirmities, 

And ransoms thee from death 

4 He feeds thee with his love, 

Upholds thee with his truth; 

And, like the eagle’s, he renews 
The vigour of thy youth. 

5 Then bless the Lord, my soul, 

His grace, his love proclaim; 

Let all that is within me,join 
To bless his holy Name. 


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SELECTION 83. 

From the civ. Psalm of David. 

PART I. L. M. 

B LESS God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone 
Possessest empire without bounds, 

With honour thou art crown’d, thy throne 
Eternal majesty surrounds. 

With light thou dost thyself enrobe, 

And glory for a garment take; 

Heaven’s curtains stretch beyond the globe, 
Thy canopy of state to make. 

God builds on liquid air, and forms 
His palace-chambers in the skies; 

The clouds his chariots are, and storms 

The swift-wing’d steeds with which he flies. 
As bright as flame, as swift as wind, 

His ministers heaven’s palace fill; 

They have their sundry tasks assign’d, 

Afl prompt to do their sovereign’s will. 

In praising God while he prolongs 
My breath, I will that breath employ ; 

And join devotion to my songs, 

Sincere, as in him is my joy. 


PART II. L. M. 

1 How various, Lord, thy works are found, 

For which thy wisdom we adore ! 

The earth is with thy treasure crown’d, 
’Till nature’s hand can grasp no more. 

2 All creatures, both of sea and land, 

In sense of common want agree; 

All wait on thy dispensing hand, 

And have their daily alms from thee. 

3 They gather what thy stores disperse, 

Without their trouble to provide ; 

Thou op’st thy hand, the universe, 

The craving world, is all supplied. 

4 Thou for a moment hid’st thy face, 

The num’rous ranks of creatures mourn ; 
Thou tak’st their breath, all nature’s race 
Decay, and to then dust return. 

5 Again thou send’st thy Spirit forth, 

Inspiring vital energies; 

Nature’s restored; replenish’d earth, 

Joyous, her new creation sees. 

6 Thus through successive ages stands 

Firm fix’d thy providential care ; 

Pleased with the work of thine own hands, 
Thou dost the wastes of time repair. 


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SELECTION 84. II. 3. 

From the civ. Psalm of David. 

H OW manifold thy works, O Lord, 

In wisdom, power, and goodness wroughi ! 
The earth is with thy riches stored, 

And ocean with thy wonders fraught: 
Unfathom’d caves beneath the deep 
For thee their hidden treasures keep. 

2 By thee alone the living live,— 

Hide but thy face, their comforts fly ; 

They gather what thy seasons give,— 

Take thou away their breath,they die; 

But send again thy Spirit forth, 

And life renews the gladden’d earth. 

3 Joy in his works Jehovah takes, 

Yet to destruction they return; 

He looks upon the earth, it quakes,-- 
Touches the mountains, and they burn : 

But God for ever is the same; 

Glory to his eternal Name ! 

SELECTION 85. C M. 

From the cv. Psalm of David. 

O RENDER thanks and bless the Lord, 
Invoke his sacred Name ; 

Acquaint the nations with his deeds, 

His matchless deeds proclaim. 

2 Sing to his praise in lofty hymns, 

His wondrous works rehearse ; 

Make them the theme of your discourse, 

And subject of your verse. 

3 Rejoice in his almighty Name 
Alone to be adored; 

And let their hearts o’erflow with joy , 

That humbly seek the Lord. 

4 Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength 
Devoutly still implore; 

And, where he’s ever present, seek 
His face for evermore. 

5 The wonders that his hands have wrought 
Keep thankfully in mind ; 

The righteous statutes of his mouth, 

And laws to us assign’d. 

SELECTION 86. L.M. 

From the cvi. Psalm of David. 

O RENDER thanks to God above, 

The fountain of eternal love; 

Whose mercy firm through ages past 
Has stood, and shall for ever last. 


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2 Who can his mighty deeds express, 
Not only vast, but numberless ? 

What mortal eloquence can raise 
His tribute of immortal praise ? 

3 Happy are they, and only they, 

Who from thy judgments never stray; 
Who know what’s right; nor only so, 
But always practise what they know. 

4 Extend to me that favour, Lord, 

Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; 

When thou return’st to set them free, 
Let thy salvation visit me. 

5 O may I worthy prove to see 
Thy saints in full prosperity! 

That I the joyful choir may join, 

A.nd count thy people’s triumph mine! 

6 Let Israel’s God be ever bless’d, 

His Name eternally confess’d; 

Let all his saints, with full accord, 

Sing loud Amens—Praise ye the Lord i 

SELECTION 87. 

From the cvii. Psalm of David. 

PART I. III. 1. 

M AGNIFY Jehovah’s Name; 

For his mercies ever sure, 

From eternity the same, 

To eternity endure. 

2 Let his ransom’d flock rejoice, 

Gather’d out of every land, 

As the people of his choice, 

Pluck’d from the destroyer’s hand. 

3 In the wilderness astray, 

In the lonely waste they roam, 
Hungry, fainting by the way, 

Far from refuge, shelter, home:— 

4 To the Lord their God they cry ; 

He inclines a gracious ear, 

Sends deliverance from on high, 

Rescues them from all their fear : 

5 Them to pleasant lands he brings, 
Where the vine and olive grow; 
Where, from verdant hills, the springs 
Through luxuriant valleys flow. 

6 O that men would praise the Lord. 

For his goodness to their race; 

For the wonders of his word, 

And the riches of his grace! 


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PART II. C. M. 

1 Thy wondrous power. Almighty Lord, 

That rules the boisterous sea; 

The bold adventurers record, 

Who tempt that dangerons way. 

2 At thy command the winds arise, 

And swell the towering waves; 

While they astonish’d mount the skies, 
And sink in gaping graves. 

3 Dismay’d they climb the watery hills, 

Dismay’d they plunge again ; 

Each like a tottering drunkard reels, 

And finds his courage vain. 

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, 

He hears their loud request, 

He calms the fierce tempestuous skies, 
And lays the floods to rest. 

5 Rejoicing, they forget their fears, 

They see the storm allay’d: 

The wish’d-for haven now appears; 
There, let their vows be paid! 

6 O that the sons of men would praise 

The goodness of the Lord ! 

And those who see his wondrous wavs. 
His wondrous love record ! 

SELECTION 88. C. M. 

From the cviii. Psalm of David. 

O GOD, my heart is fully bent 
To magnify thy Name; 

My tongue with cheerful songs of praise 
Shall celebrate thy fame. 

2 Awake, my lute ; nor thou, my harp, 
Thy warbling notes delay; 

Whilst I with early hymns of joy 
Prevent the dawning day. 

3 To all the listening tribes, O Lord, 

Thy wonders I will tell, 

And to those nations sing thy praise 
That round about us dwell; 

4 Because thy mercy’s boundless height 
The highest heaven transcends, 

And far beyond th’ aspiring clouds 
Thy faithful truth extends. 

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high 
Above the starry frame; 

And let the world, with one consent, 
Confess thy glorious Name. 


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SELECTION 89. II. 2. 


From the cx. Psalm of David. 


T HE Lord unto my lord thus spake: 

“ Till I thy foes thy footstool make, 
Sit thou in state at my right hand: 
Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, 

And all thy proud opposers see 
Subjected to thy just command. 

2 “ Thee, in thy power’s triumphant day, 
The willing people shall obey ; 

And, when thy rising beams they view, 
Shall all, (redeem’d from error’s night,) 
Appear more numerous and bright 
Than crystal drops of morning dew.” 

3 The Lord hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, 
That like Melchisedech’s, thy reign 
And priesthood shall no period see: 
Anointed Prince ! thou, bending low, 
Shalt drink where darkest torrents flow, 
Then raise thy head in victory ! 


SELECTION 90. L. M. 


From the cxi. Psalm of David. 


RAISE ye the Lord ! our God to praise 



JT My soul her utmost power shall raise ; 
With private friends, and in the throng 
Of saints, his praise shall be my song. 

2 His works, for greatness though renown’d, 
His wondrous works with ease are found 
By those who seek for them aright, 

And in the pious search delight. 

3 His works are all of matchless fame, 

And universal glory claim ; 

His truth, confirm’d through ages past, 

Shall to eternal ages last. 

4 By precepts he hath us enjoin’d 

To keep his wondrous works in mind; 

And to posterity record 

That good and gracious is our Lord. 

5 His bounty, like a flowing tide, 

Has all his servants’ wants supplied; 

And he will ever keep in mind 

His covenant with our fathers sign’d. 

6 Just are the dealings of his hands, 
Immutable are his commands, 

By truth and equity sustain’d, 

And for eternal rules ordain’d. 

7 He set his saints from bondage free, 

And then establish’d his decree, 

For ever to remain the same: 

Holy and reverend is his Name. 



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8 Who wisdom’s sacred prize would win, 

Must with the fear of God begin : 

Immortal praise and heavenly skill 
Have they who know and do his will. 

SELECTION 91. L.M. 

From the cxii. Psalm of David. 

T HAT man is bless’d who stands in awe 
Of God, and loves his sacred law; 
His seed on earth shall be renown’d, 

And with successive honours crown’d. 

2 The soul that’s fill’d with virtue’s light 
Shines brightest in affliction’s night; 

To pity the distress’d inclin’d, 

As well as just to all mankind. 

3 His liberal favours he extends, 

To some he gives, to others lends; 

Yet what his charity impairs, 

He saves by prudence in affairs. 

4 Beset with threatening dangers round, 
Unmoved shall he maintain his ground; 
The sweet remembrance of the just 
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust. 

SELECTION 92. II. 2. 

From the cxiii. Psalm of David. 

Y E saints and servants of the Lord, 

The triumphs of his Name record; 
His sacred Name for ever bless: 

Where’er the circling sun displays 
His rising beams or setting rays, 

Due praise to his great Name address. 

2 God through the world extends his sway; 
The regions of eternal day 
But shadows of his glory are: 

With him whose majesty excels, 

Who made the heaven in which he dwells, 
Let no created power compare. 

3 Though’t is beneath his state to view 
In highest heaven what angels do, 

Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care: 

He takes the needy from his cell, 

Advancing him in courts to dwell, 
Companion of the greatest there. 

SELECTION 93. C. M. 

From the cxv. Psalm of David. 

I ORD, not to us, we claim no share, 

J But to thy sacred Name 
Give glory, for thy mercy’s sake, 

And truth’s eternal fame. 


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2 Why should the heathen cry, “ Where’s now 

The God whom ye adore ?” 

Convince them that in heaven thou art, 

And uncontroll’d thy power. 

3 O Israel, make the Lord your trust, 

Who is your help and shield ; 

Priests, Levites, trust in him alone, 

Who only help can yield. 

4 Let all who truly fear the Lord 

On him they fear rely; 

Who them in danger can defend, 

And all their wants supply. 

5 Of us he oft has mindful been, 

And Israel’s house will bless; 

Priests, Levites, proselytes, e’en all 
Who his great Name confess. 

6 On you, and on your heirs, he will 

Increase of blessings bring; 

Thrice happy you, who favourites are 
Of this almighty King ! 

7 Heaven’s highest orb of glory he 

His empire’s seat design’d; 

And gave this lower globe of earth 
A portion to mankind. 

8 They who in death and silence sleep, 

To him no praise afford ; 

But we will bless for evermore 
Our everliving Lord. 

SELECTION 94. C. M. 

From the cxvi. Psalm of David. 

M Y soul with grateful thoughts of love 
Entirely is possess’d, 

Because the Lord vouchsafed to hear 
The voice of my request. 

2 Since he has now his ear inclined, 

I never will despair; 

But still in all the straits of life 
To him address my prayer. 

3 With deadly sorrows compass’d round, 

With pains of hell oppress’d, 

When troubles seized my aching heart, 

And anguish rack’d my breast,— 

4 On God’s almighty Name I call’d, 

And thus to him I pray’d; 
u Lord, I beseech thee save my soul, 

With sorrows quite dismay’d.” 

5 How just and merciful is God, 

How gracious is the Lord; 

Who saves the harmless, and to me 
Does timely help afford. 


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6 Then, free from pensive cares, my soul, 

Resume thy wonted rest; 

For God has wondrously to thee 
His bounteous love express’d. 

7 When death alarmed me,he removed 

My dangers and my fears; 

My feet from falling he secured, 

And dried my eyes from tears. 

8 Therefore my life’s remaining years, 

Which God to me shall lend, 

Will I, in praises to his Name, 

And in his service, spend. 

9 In God I trusted, and of him 

Did boast in greatest fear; 

Though in my trouble I exclaim’d, 

All men are insincere. 

10 O what return to God shall I 

For all his goodness make ? 

I ’ll praise his Name, and with glad zeal 
The cup of blessing take. 

11 I ’ll pay my vows among his saints, 

Whose blood (howe’er despised 
By wicked men) in God’s account 
Is always highly prized. 

J 2 To thee I ’ll offerings bring of praise; 

And While I bless thy Name, 

The just performance of my vows 
To all thy saints proclaim. 

13 They in Jerusalem shall meet, 

And in thy house shall join 
To bless thy Name with one consent, 

And mix their songs with mine. 

SELECTION 95. C. M 

From the cxvii. Psalm of David. 

W ITH cheerful notes let all the earth 
To heaven their voices raise; 

Let all, inspired with godly mirth, 

Sing solemn hymns of praise. 

2 God’s tender mercy knows no bound, 

His truth shall ne’er decay; 

Then let the willing nations round 
Their grateful tribute pay. 

SELECTION 96. C. M. 

From the cxviii. Psalm of David. 

O PRAISE the Lord, for he is good, 
His mercies ne’er decay; 

That his kind favours ever last, 

Let thankful Israel say. 

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2 Their sense of his eternal love 

Let Aaron’s house express; 

And that it never fails, let all 
That fear the Lord confess. 

3 Far better’t is to trust in God, 

And have the Lord our friend, 

Than on the greatest human power 
For safety to depend. 

4 The Lord has been my help; the praise 

To him alone belongs; 

He is my Saviour and my strength, 

He only claims my songs. 

5 Joy fills the dwelling of the just, 

Whom God has saved from harm; 
For wondrous things are brought to pass 
By his almighty arm. 

6 He, by his own resistless power, 

Has endless honour won ; 

The saving strength of his right hand 
Amazing works has done. 

7 God will not suffer me to fall, 

But still prolongs my days; 

That, b}^ declaring all his works, 

I may advance his praise. 

8 When God had sorely me chastised, 

’Till quite of hopes bereaved, 

His mercy from the gates of death 
My fainting life reprieved. 

9 Then open wide the temple gates 

To which the just repair, 

That I may enter in, and praise 
My great Deliverer there. 

10 Within those gates of God’s abode 

To which the righteous press, 

Since thou hast heard, and set me safe, 
Thy holy Name I ’ll bless. 

11 That which the builders once refused 

Is now the corner-stone: 

This is the wondrous work of God, 

The work of God alone. 

12 This day is God’s; let all the land 

Exalt their cheerful voice: 

“ Lord, we beseech thee, save us now, 
And make us still rejoice.” 

13 Him that approaches in God’s name 

Let all th’ assembly bless; 

We that belong to God’s own house 
Have wish’d you good success.” 


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God is the Lord, through whom we all 
Both light and comfort find ; 

Fast to the altar’s horns with cords 
The chosen victim bind. 

Thou art my Lord, O God, and still 
I ’ll praise thy holy Name; 

Because thou only art my God, 

I ’ll celebrate thy fame. 

O then with me give thanks to God 
Who still does gracious prove; 

And let the tribute of our praise 
Be endless as his love. 


SELECTION 97. 

From the cxix. Psalm of David. 


PART I. ALEPH. C. M. 


H OW bless’d are they who always keep 
The pure and perfect way; 

Who never from the sacred paths 
Of God’s commandments stray ! 

How bless’d, who to his righteous laws 
Have still obedient been; 

And have, with fervent humble zeal, 

His favour sought to win ! 

Such men their utmost caution use 
To shun each wicked deed ; 

But in the path which he directs 
With constant care proceed. 

Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord, 

To learn thy sacred will; 

And all our diligence employ 
Thy statutes to fulfil. 

O then that thy most holy will 
Might o’er my ways preside; 

And I the course of all my life 
By thy direction guide ! 

Then with assurance should I walk, 

From all confusion free; 

Convinced, with joy, that all my ways 
With thy commands agree. 

My upright heart shall my glad mouth 
With cheerful praises fill, 

When, by thy righteous judgments taught, 
I shall have learn’d thy will. 

So to thy sacred laws shall I 
Entire observance pay: 

O then forsake me not, my God, 

Nor cast me quite away ! 


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PART II. BETH. C. M. 

1 How shall the young preserve their ways 

From all pollution free? 

By making still their course of life 
With thy commands agree. 

2 With hearty zeal for thee I seek, 

To thee for succour pray ; 

O suffer not my careless steps 
From thy right paths to stray! 

3 Safe in my heart, and closely hid, 

Thy word, my treasure, lies, 

To succour me with timely aid 
When sinful thoughts arise. 

4 Secured by that, my grateful soul 

Shall ever bless thy Name ; 

O teach me then by thy just laws 
My future life to frame ! 

5 My lips, unlock’d by pious zeal, 

To others have declared 
How well the judgments of thy mouth 
Deserve our best regard. 

6 Whilst in the way of thy commands, 

More solid joy I found, 

Than had I been with vast increase 
Of envied riches crown’d. 

7 Therefore thy just and upright laws 

Shall always fill my mind ; 

And those sound rules which thou prescrib’st> 
Entire respect shall find. 

8 To keep thy statutes undefaced 

Shall be my constant joy; 

The strict remembrance of thy word 
Shall all my thoughts employ. 

PART III. GIMEL. C. M. 

1 Be gracious to thy servant, Lord; 

Do thou my life defend, 

That I according to thy word 
My time to come may spend. 

2 Enlighten both my eyes and mind, 

That so I may discern 
The wondrous things which they behold, 
Who thy just precepts learn. 

3 My fainting soul is almost pined, 

With earnest longing spent, 

While always on the eager search 
Of thy just will intent. 

4 Thy sharp rebuke shall crush the proud, 

Whom still thy curse pursues; 


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Since they to walk in thy right ways 
Presumptuously refuse. 

5 But far from me do thou, O Lord, 

Contempt and shame remove; 

For I thy sacred laws affect 
With undissembled love. 

6 For thy commands have always been 

My comfort and delight; 

By them I learn with prudent care 
To guide my steps aright. 

PART IV. DALETH. C. M. 

1 My soul, oppress’d with deadly care, 

Close to the dust doth cleave ; 

Revive me, Lord, and let me now 
Thy promised aid receive. 

2 To thee I still declared my ways. 

And thou inclin’dst thine ear 
O teach me then my future life 
By thy just laws to steer! 

3 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, 

And by their guidance walk, 

The wondrous works which thou hast done 
Shall be my constant talk. 

4 But see, my soul within me sinks, 

Press’d down with weighty care ; 

Do thou, according to thy word, 

My wasted strength repair. 

5 Far, far from me be all false ways 

And lying arts removed; 

But kindly grant I still may keep 
The path by thee approved. 

6 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth, 

My happy choice I’ve made; 

Thy judgments, as my rule of life, 

Before me always laid. 

7 My care has been to make my life 

With thy commands agree; 

O then preserve thy servant, Lord, 

From shame and ruin free! 

8 So in the way of thy commands 

Shall I with pleasure run ; 

And, with a heart enlarged with joy, 
Successfully go on. 

PART V. HE. C. M. 

1 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord, 

Thy righteous paths display; 

And I from them, through all my life, 

Will never go astray. 


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2 If thou true wisdom from above 

Wilt graciously impart, 

To keep thy perfect laws I will 
Devote my zealous heart. 

3 Direct me in the sacred ways 

To which thy precepts lead; 

Because my chief delight has been 
Thy righteous paths to tread. 

4 Do thou to thy most just commands 

Incline my willing heart; 

Let no desire of worldly wealth 
From thee my thoughts divert. 

5 From those vain objects turn mine eyes, 

Which this false world displays; 

But give me lively power and strength 
To keep thy righteous ways. 

6 Confirm the promise of thy word, 

And give thy servant aid, 

Who to transgress thy sacred laws 
Is awfully afraid. 

7 The censure and reproach I fear, 

In mercy, Lord, remove; 

For all the judgments thou ordain’st 
Are full of grace and love. 

8 Thou know’st how after thy commands 

My longing heart does pant; 

O then make haste to raise me up, 

And promised succour grant! 

PART VI. VAU. C. M. 

1 Thy constant blessing, Lord, bestow, 

To cheer my drooping heart; 

To me, according to thy word, 

Thy saving health impart. 

2 So shall I, whosoe’er upbraids, 

This ready answer make; 

“ In God I trust, who never will 
His faithful promise break.” 

3 Then let not quite the word of truth 

Be from my mouth removed ; 

Since still my ground of steadfast hope 
Thy judgments, Lord, have proved. 

4 So I to keep thy righteous laws 

Will all my study bend; 

And constantly my time to come 
In their observance spend. 

5 My soul shall gladly walk at large, 

From all oppression free, 

Since I resolve to make my life 
With thy commands agree. 




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6 My longing heart and ravish’d soul 

Shall both o’erfiow with joy, 

When in thy loved commandments I 
My happy hours employ. 

7 Then will I to thy holy laws 

Lift up my willing hands; 

My care and business then shall be 
To study thy commands. 

PART VII. ZAIN. C. M. 

1 According to thy promised grace, 

Thy favour, Lord, extend ; 

Make good to me the word, on which 
Thy servant’s hopes depend. 

2 That only comfort in distress 

Did all my griefs control; 

Thy word, when troubles hemm’d me round, 
Revived my fainting soul. 

3 Thy judgments then,of ancient date, 

I quickly called to mind, 

Till, ravish’d with such thoughts, my soul 
Did speedy comfort find. 

4 Thy Name, that cheer’d my heart by day, 

Has fill’d my thoughts by night: 

I then resolved by thy just laws 
To guide my steps aright. 

5 That peace of mind, which has my soul 

In deep distress sustain’d, 

By strict obedience to thy will 
I happily obtain’d. 

PART VIII. CHETH. C. M. 

1 O Lord, my God, my portion thou 

And sure possession art; 

Thy words I steadfastly resolve 
To treasure in my heart. 

2 With all the strength of warm desire 

I did thy grace implore; 

Disclose, according to thy word, 

Thy mercy’s boundless store. 

3 With deep reflection and strict care 

On all my ways I thought; 

And so* reclaim’d to thy just paths, 

My wand’ring steps I brought. 

4 Prolonging not the time, my soul 

Resolved without delay 
To watch, that I might never more 
From thy commandments stray. 

5 To such as fear thy holy Name 

Myself I closely join; 


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To all who their obedient wills 
To thy commands resign. 

6 O’er all the earth thy mercy, Lord, 
Abundantly is shed; 

O grant that I may truly learn 
Thy sacred paths to tread. 

PART IX. TETH. C. M. 

1 With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt 

Most graciously, O Lord; 

Repeated benefits bestow’d, 

According to thy word. 

2 Teach me the sacred skill by which 

Right judgment is attain’d, 

Who in belief of thy commands 
Have steadfastly remain’d. 

3 Before affliction stopp’d my course, 

My footsteps went astray ; 

But I have since been disciplined 
Thy precepts to obey. 

4 Thou art, O Lord, supremely good, 

And all thou dost is so; 

On me, thy statutes to discern, 

Thy saving skill bestow. 

5 ’T is good for me that I have felt 

Affliction’s chastening rod, 

That I may duly learn and keep 
The statutes of my God. 

6 The law that from thy mouth proceeds, 

Of more esteem I hold 
Than richest mines, than thousand mines 
Of silver and of gold. 

part x. jod. c. M. 

1 To me, who am the workmanship 

Of thy almighty hands, 

The heavenly understanding give 
Tojearn thy just commands. 

2 My preservation to thy saints 

Strong comfort will afford, 

To see success attend my hopes, 

Who trusted in thy word. 

3 That right thy judgments are, I now 

By sure experience see; 

And that in faithfulness, O Lord, 

Thou hast afflicted me. 

4 O let thy tender mercy now 

Afford me needful aid; 

According to thy promise, Lord, 

To me, thy servant, made! 



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5 To me thy saving grace restore, 

That I again may live ; 

Whose soul can relish no delight 
But what thy precepts give. 

6 In thy blest statutes let my heart 

Continue always sound; 

That guilt and shame, the sinner’s lot, 

May never me confound. 

PART XI. CAPH. C. M. 

1 My soul with long expectance faints 

To see thy saving grace; 

Yet still on thy unerring word 
My confidence I place. 

2 My very eyes consume and fail 

With waiting for thy word ; 

O when wilt thou thy kind relief 
And promised aid afford? 

3 Thy wonted kindness, Lord, restore, 

My drooping heart to cheer; 

That by thy righteous statutes 1 
My life’s whole course may steer. 

PART XII. LAMED. C. M. 

1 For ever and for ever, Lord, 

Unchanged thou dost remain; 

Thy word, establish’d in the heavens, 

Does all their orbs sustain. 

2 Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth 

Immoveable shall stand, 

As doth the earth, which thou uphold’st 
By thine almighty hand. 

3 All things the course by thee ordain’d 

E’en to this day fulfil; 

They are the faithful subjects all, 

And servants of thy will. 

4 Unless thy sacred law had been 

My comfort and delight, 

I must have fainted, and expired 
In dark affliction’s night. 

5 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts 

Shall never, Lord, depart; 

For thou by them hast to new life 
Restored my dying heart. 

6 I Ve seen an end of what we call 

Perfection here below; 

But thy commandments, like thyself; 

No change or period know. 


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PART XIII. MEM. C. M. 

1 The love that to thy laws I bear 

No language can display; 

They with fresh wonders entertain 
My raptured thoughts all day. 

2 My feet with care I have refrain’d 

From every sinful way, 

That to thy sacred word I might 
Entire obedience pay. 

3 I have not from thy judgments stray’d, 

By vain desires misled; 

For, Lord, thou hast instructed me 
Thy righteous paths to tread. 

4 How sweet are all thy words to me; 

O what divine repast! 

How much more grateful to my soul 
Than honey to my taste ! 

5 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I 

With heavenly skill am blest; 

Through which the treacherous ways of sin 
I utterly detest. 

PART XIV. NUN. C. M. 

1 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, 

The way of truth to show ; 

A watch-light, to point out the path 
In which I ought to go. 

2 I’ve vow’d, and from my covenant, Lord, 

Will never start aside, 

That in thy righteous judgments I 
Will steadfastly abide. 

3 Let still my sacrifice of praise 

With thee acceptance find ; 

And in thy righteous judgments, Lord, 
Instruct my willing mind. 

4 Thy testimonies I have made 

My heritage and choice; 

For they, when other comforts fail, 

My drooping heart rejoice. 

5 My heart with early zeal began 

Thy statutes to obey; 

And, till my course of life is done, 

Shall keep thine upright way. 

PART XV. SAMECH. C. M. 

1 Deceitful thoughts and practices 
I utterly detest; 

But to thy law affection bear 
Too great to be express’d. 


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2 My hiding-place, my refuge-tower, 

And shield art thou, O Lord; 

I firmly anchor all my hopes 
On thy unerring word. 

3 Away from me, ye wicked men 

Approach not my abode; 

For firmly I resolve to keep 
The precepts of my God. 

4 According to thy gracious word 

From danger set me free; 

Nor make me of those hopes ashamed 
That I repose on thee. 

PART XVI. AIN. C. M. 

1 Mine eyes, alas ! begin to fail, 

In long expectance held; 

Till thy salvation they behold, 

And righteous word fulfill’d. 

2 To me thy servant in distress, 

Thy wonted grace display, 

And discipline my willing heart 
Thy statutes to obey. 

3 On me, devoted to thy fear, 

Thy sacred skill bestow, 

That of thy testimonies I 
The full extent may know. 

4 Thy laws and precepts I account 

In all respects divine; 

They teach me to discern the right. 
And all false ways decline. 

PART XVII. PE. c. M. 

1 The wonders which thy laws contain 

No words can represent; 

Therefore to learn and practise them 
My zealous heart is bent. 

2 The very entrance to thy word 

Celestial light displays, 

And knowledge of true happiness 
To simplest minds conveys. 

3 With eager hopes I waiting stood, 

And fainting with desire, 

That of thy wise commands I might 
The sacred skill acquire. 

4 With favour, Lord, look down on me, 

Who thy relief implore ; 

As thou art wont to visit those 
Who thy blest Name adore. 

5 Directed by thy heavenly word 

Let all my footsteps be; 


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Nor wickedness of any kind 
Dominion have o’er me. 

6 On me, devoted to thy fear, 

Lord, make thy face to shine: 

Thy statutes both to know and keep 
My heart with zeal incline 

PART XVIII. TSADDI. C. M. 

1 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom 

Wrong’d innocence may trust; 

And, like thyself, thy judgments, Lord, 

In all respects are just. 

2 Most just and true those statutes were 

Which thou didst first decree; 

And all with faithfulness perform’d 
Succeeding times shall see. 

3 Lord, each neglected word of thine, 

Howe’er by men despised, 

Is pure, and for eternal truth 
By me, thy servant, prized. 

4 Thy righteousness shall then endure 

When time itself is past; 

Thy law is truth itself, that truth 
Which shall for ever last. 

5 Though trouble, anguish, doubts, and dread, 

To compass me unite; 

Beset with danger, still I make 
Thy precepts my delight. 

6 Eternal and unerring rules 

Thy testimonies give: 

Teach me the wisdom that will make 
My soul for ever live. 

PART XIX. KOPH. C. M. 

1 With my whole heart to God I call’d— 

Lord, hear my earnest cry! 

And I thy statutes to perform 
Will all my care apply. 

2 Again more fervently I pray’d— 

O save me, that I may 
Thy testimonies fully know, 

And steadfastly obey! 

3 My earlier prayer the dawning day 

Prevented, while I cried 
To him, upon whose faithful word 
My hope alone relied. 

4 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 

And wonted favour show ; 

O quicken me, and so approve 
Thy judgments ever true! 



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5 Concerning thy divine commands, 

My soul has known of old, 

That they were true, and shall their truth 
To endless ages hold. 

PART XX. RESCH. C. M. 

1 Consider my affliction, Lord, 

And me from bondage draw; 

Think on thy servant in distress, 

Who ne’er forgets thy law. 

2 Defend my cause, and me to save 

Thy timely aid afford ; 

With beams of mercy quicken me 
According to thy word. 

3 From harden’d sinners thou remov’st 

Salvation far away; 

’T is just thou should’st withdraw from them 
Who from thy statutes stray. 

4 Since great thy tender mercies are 

To all who thee adore ; 

According to thy judgments, Lord, 

My fainting hopes restore. 

5 Consider, O my gracious God, 

How I thy precepts love; 

O therefore quicken me with beams 
Of mercy from above! 

6 As from the birth of time thy truth 

Has held through ages past, 

So shall thy righteous judgments firm 
To endless ages last. 

PART XXI. SCHIN. C. M. 

1 Thy sacred word my joyful breast 

With heavenly rapture warms; 

Nor conquest, nor the spoils of war, 

Have such transporting charms. 

2 Perfidious practices and lies 

I utterly detest; 

But to thy laws affection bear, 

Too vast to be express’d. 

3 Seven times a day, with grateful voice, 

Thy praises I resound, 

Because I find thy judgments all 
With truth and justice crown’d. 

4 Secure, substantial peace have they 

Who truly love thy law; 

No smiling mischief them can tempt, 

Nor frowning danger awe. 

5 For thy salvation I have hoped, 

And, though so long delay’d, 


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With cheerful zeal and anxious care 
All thy commands obey’d. 

6 Thy testimonies I have kept. 

And constantly obey’d; 

Because the love I bore to them 
Thy service easy made. 

7 From strict observance of thy laws 

1 never yet withdrew; 

Convinced that my most secret ways 
Are open to thy view. 

PART XXII. TAU. C. M. 

1 To my request and earnest cry 

Attend, O gracious Lord; 

Inspire my heart with heavenly skill, 
According to thy word. 

2 Let my repeated prayer at last 

Before thy throne appear; 

According to thy plighted word, 

For my relief draw near. 

3 Then shall my grateful lips return 

The tribute of their praise, 

When thou thy counsels hast reveal’d, 

And taught me thy just ways. 

4 My tongue the praises of thy word 

Shall thankfully resound; 

For thy commands are right, thy laws 
With truth and justice crown’d. 

5 Let thy almighty arm appear, 

And bring me timely aid ; 

For I the laws thou hast ordain’d 
My heart’s free choice have made- 

6 My soul has waited long to see 

Thy saving grace restored; 

Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, 

Thy heavenly laws, afford. 

7 Prolong my life, that I may sing 

My great Restorer’s praise; 

Whose justice, from the depths of woe, 

My fainting soul shall raise. 

8 Though like a sheep that’s lost I’ve stray’d, 

And from thy ways declined, 

Do thou, O Lord, thy servant seek, 

Who keeps thy laws in mind. 

SELECTION 98. C. M. 

From the cxxi. Psalm of David. 

mO Sion’s hill I lift my eyes, 

J. From thence expecting aid; 

From Sion’s hill and Sion’s God, 

Who heaven and earth has made. 


PSALMS. 


2 He will not let thy foot be moved, 

Thy guardian will not sleep; 

Behold, the God who slumbers not 
Will favour’d Israel keep. 

3 Shelter’d beneath th’ Almighty’s wings, 

Thou shalt securely rest, 

Where neither sun nor moon shall thee 
By day or night molest. 

4 From common accidents of life 

The Lord shall guard thee still; 

’T is even he that shall preserve 
Thy soul from every ill. 

5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, 

Thy God shall thee defend; 

Conduct thee through life’s pilgrimage, 
Safe to thy journey’s end. 

SELECTION 99. C. M 

From the cxxii. Psalm of David. 

O ’T WAS a joyful sound to hear 
Our tribes devoutly say, 

Up, Israel, to the temple haste, 

And keep your festal-day ! 

2 At Salem’s courts we must appear, 

With our assembled powers, 

In strong and beauteous order ranged 
Like her united towers. 

3 ’T is thither, by divine command, 

The tribes of God repair, 

Before his ark to celebrate 

His Name with praise and prayer. 

4 O, ever pray for Salem’s peace; 

For they shall prosp’rous be, 

Thou holy city of our God, 

Who bear true love to thee. 

5 May peace within thy sacred walls 
A constant guest be found; 

With plenty and prosperity 
Thy palaces be crown’d. 

6 For my dear brethren’s sake, and friends 
No less than brethren dear, 

I ’ll pray—May peace in Salem’s towers 
A constant guest appear. 

7 But most of all I ’ll seek thy good, 

And ever wish thee well, 

For Sion and the temple’s sake, 

Where God vouchsafes to dwell. 


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PSALMS. 


SELECTION 100. C. M. 

From the cxxiv. Psalm of David. 

H AD not the Lord, may Israel say, 

On Israel’s side engaged, 

The foe had quickly swallow’d us, 

So furiously he raged. 

2 Had not the Lord himself vouchsafed 
To check his fierce control, 

The adversary’s dreary flood 
Had overwhelm’d our soul. 

3 But praised be our eternal Lord, 

Who left us not his prey; 

The snare is broke, his rage disarm’d, 

And we again are free. 

4 Secure in God’s almighty Name 
Our confidence remains; 

The God who made both heaven and earth 
Of both sole monarch reigns. 

SELECTION 101. C. M. 

From the cxxv. Psalm of David. 

W HO place on Sion’s God their trust, 
Like Sion’s rock shall stand; 

Like her immoveably be fix’d 
By his almighty hand. 

2 Look how the hills on every side 
Jerusalem enclose; 

So stands the Lord around his saints, 

To guard them from their foes. 

3 Be good, O righteous God, to those 
Who righteous deeds affect; 

The heart that innocence retains, 

Let innocence protect. 

4 All those who walk in crooked paths, 

The Lord shall soon destroy; 

Cut off th’ unjust, but crown the saints 
With lasting peace and joy. 

SELECTION 102. C. M. 

From the cxxvii. Psalm of David. 

W E build with fruitless cost, unless 
The Lord the pile sustain; 

Unless the Lord the city keep, 

The watchman wakes in vain. 

2 In vain we rise before the day, 

And late to rest repair, 

Allow no respite to our toil, 

And eat the bread of care. 

3 Supplies of life, with ease to them. 

He on his saints bestows; 


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He crowns their labours with success, 

Their nights with safe repose. 

SELECTION 103. C. M. 

From the cxxviii. Psalm of David. 

T HE man is blest that fears the Lord, 

Nor only worship pays, 

But keeps his steps confined with care 
To his appointed ways. 

2 He shall upon the sweet returns 
Of his own labour feed ; 

Without dependence live, and see 
His wishes all succeed. 

3 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus; 

Him Sion's God shall bless, 

And grant him all his days to see 
Jerusalem’s success. 

SELECTION 104. S. M. 

From the cxxx. Psalm of David. 

F ROM lowest depths of woe 
To God I sent my cry; 

Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 

And graciously reply. 

2 Should’st thou severely judge, 

Who can their trial bear ? 

But thou forgiv’st, lest we despond, 

And quite renounce thy fear. 

3 My soul with patience waits 
For thee, the living Lord; 

My hopes are on thy promise built, 

Thy never-failing word. 

4 My longing eyes look out 
For thy enliv’ning ray, 

More duly than the morning watch 
To spy the dawning day. 

5 Let Israel trust in God, 

No bounds his mercy knows; 

The plenteous source and spring from whence 
Eternal succour flows: 

6 Whose friendly streams to us 
Supplies in want convey; 

A healing spring, a spring to cleanse 
And wash our guilt away. 

SELECTION 105. III. 1. 

From the cxxxi. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, for ever at thy side 

Let my place and portion be: 

Strip me of the robe of pride, 

Clothe me with humility. 

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2 Meekly may my soul receive 

All thy Spirit hath reveal’d; 

Thou hast spoken—I believe, 

Though the oracle be seal’d. 

3 Humble as a little child, 

Weaned from the mother’s breast, 

By no subtleties beguiled, 

On thy faithful word I rest. 

4 Israel! now and evermore 

In the Lord Jehovah trust; 

Him, in all his ways, adore. 

Wise, and wonderful, and just. 

SELECTION 106. C. M. 

From the cxxxii. Psalm of David. 

O WITH due reverence let us all 
To God’s abode repair; 

And, prostrate at his footstool fall’n, 

Pour out our humble prayer. 

2 Arise, O Lord, and now possess 
Thy constant place of rest; 

Be that, not only with thy ark, 

But with thy presence bless’d. 

3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness, 
Make thou thy saints rejoice; 

And, for thy servant David’s sake, 

Hear thy anointed’s voice. 

4 Pair Sion does, in God’s esteem, 

All other seats excel; 

His place of everlasting rest, 

Where he desires to dwell. 

5 Her store th’ Almighty will increase, 

Her poor with plenty bless; 

Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests 
His saving health confess. 

SELECTION 107. C. M. 

From the cxxxiii. Psalm of'David. 

H OW vast must their advantage be, 
How great their pleasure prove, 
Who live like brethren, and consent 
In offices of love ! 

2 True love is like the precious oil, 

Which, pour’d on Aaron’s head, 

Ran down his beard, and o’er his robes 
Its costly fragrance shed. 

3 ’T is like refreshing dew, which does 
On Hermon’s top distil; 

Or like the early drops, that fall 
On Sion’s favour’d hill. 


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4 For Sion is the chosen seat 
Where the Almighty King 
The promis’d blessing has ordain’d, 

And life’s eternal spring. 

SELECTION 108. C. M. 

From the cxxxiv. Psalm of David. 

B LESS God, ye servants, that attend 
Upon his solemn state; 

That in his temple’s hallow’d courts 
W ith humble reverence wait. 

2 Within his house lift up your hands, 

And bless his holy Name : 

From Sion bless thy Israel, Lord, 

Who earth and heaven didst frame. 

SELECTION 109. C. M. 

From the cxxxv. Psalm of David. 

O PRAISE the Lord with one consent, 
And magnify his Name; 

Let all the servants of the Lord 
His worthy praise proclaim. 

2 Praise him, all ye that in his house 
Attend with constant care ; 

With those that to his outmost courts 
With humble zeal repair. 

3 For God his own peculiar choice 
The sons of Jacob makes; 

And Israel’s offspring for his own 
Most valued treasure takes. 

4 That God is great, we often have 
By glad experience found ; 

And seen how he, with wondrous power, 
Above all gods is crown’d. 

5 For he, with unresisted strength, 

Performs his sovereign will, 

In heaven and earth, and watery stores 
That earth’s deep caverns fill. 

6 Their just returns of thanks to God 
Let grateful Israel pay; 

Nor let anointed Aaron’s race 
To bless the Lord delay. 

7 Their sense of his unbounded love 
Let Levi’s house express ; 

And let all those who fear the Lord, 

His Name for ever bless. 

8 Let all with thanks his wondrous works 
In Sion’s courts proclaim ; 

Let them in Salem, where he dwells, 
Exalt his holy Name. 


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SELECTION 110. IL 

From the cxxxvi. Psalm of David. 

T O God, the mighty Lord, 

Your joyful thanks repeat; 

To him due praise afford, 

As good as he is great. 

For God does prove 
Our constant friend; 

His boundless love 
Shall never end. 

2 To him, whose wondrous power 
All other gods obey, 

Whom earthly kings adore, 

Your grateful homage pay. 

For God, &c. 

$ By his almighty hand 

Amazing works are wrought; 

The heavens by his command 
Were to perfection brought. 

For God, &c. 

4 He spread the ocean round 
About the spacious land; 

And bade the rising ground 
Above the waters stand. 

For God, <fcc. 

5 By him the heavens display 

Their numerous hosts of light, 

The sun to rule by day, 

The moon and stars by night. 

For God, &c. 

6 He, in our depth of woes, 

On us with favour thought; 

And from our cruel foes 

In peace and safety brought. 

For God, &c. 

7 He does the food supply 

On which all creatures live: 

To God, who reigns on high, 

Eternal praises give. 

For God will prove 
Our constant friend; 

His boundless love 
Shall never end. 

SELECTION 111. L.M. 

From the cxxxvii. Psalm of David. 

W HEN we,our weary limbs to rest, 

Sat down by proud Euphrates’ stream, 
We wept, with doleful thoughts oppress’d, 

And Sion was our mournful theme. 


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2 Our harps, that when with joy we sung, 

Were wont their tuneful parts to bear, 
With silent strings neglected hung 
On willow-trees that wither’d there. 

3 O Salem, our once happy seat, 

When I of thee forgetful prove, 

Let then my trembling hand forget 

The speaking strings with art to move! 

4 If I to mention thee forbear, 

Perpetual silence be my doom; 

Or if my chiefest joy compare 
With thee, Jerusalem, my home! 


SELECTION 112. C. M. 


From the cxxxviii. Psalm of David. 


W ITH my whole heart, my God and King, 
Thy praise I will proclaim; 

Before the mighty I will sing, 

And bless thy holy Name. 

2 I ’ll worship at thy sacred seat, 

And, with thy love inspired, 

The praises of thy truth repeat, 

O’er all thy works admired. 

3 Thou graciously inclin’dst thine ear, 

When I to thee did cry; 

And, when my soul was press’d with fear, 

Didst inward strength supply. 

4 For God, although enthroned on high, 

Does thence the poor respect; 

The proud, far off, his scornful eye 
Beholds with just neglect. 

5 Though I with troubles am oppress’d, 

He shall my foes disarm, 

Relieve my soul when most distress’d, 

And keep me safe from harm. 

6 The Lord, whose mercies ever last, 

Shall fix my happy state; 

And, mindful of his favours past, 

Shall his own work complete. 


SELECTION 113. L.M. 


From the cxxxix. Psalm of David. 


HOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known 



x My rising up and lying down ; 
My secret thoughts are known to thee, 
Known long before conceived by me. 

2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, 
My public haunts and private ways: 


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Thou know’st what ’tis my lips would vent, 

My yet unutter’d words’ intent. 

3 Surrounded by thy power I stand, 

On every side I find thy hand : 

O skill for human reach too high! 

Too dazzling bright for mortal eye! 

4 From thy all-seeing spirit, Lord, 

What hiding-place does earth afford ? 

O where can I thy influence shun, 

Or whither from thy presence run ? 

5 If up to heaven I take my flight, 

’T is there thou dwefl’st enthroned in light; 

If to the world unseen, my God, 

There also hast thou thine abode. 

6 If I the morning’s wings could gain, 

And fly beyond the western main; 

E’en there, in earth’s remotest land, 

I still should find thy guiding hand. 

7 Or, should I try to shun thy sight 
Beneath the sable wings of night; 

One glance from thee, one piercing ray, 

Would kindle darkness into day. 

8 The veil of night is no disguise, 

No screen from thy all-searching eyes; 

Through midnight shades thou find’st thy way, 
As in the blazing noon of day. 

9 Thou know’st the texture of my heart, 

My reins, and every vital part: 

I ’U praise thee, from whose hands I came 
A work of such a wondrous frame. 

10 Let me acknowledge too, O God, 

That since this maze of life I trod, 

Thy thoughts of love to me surmount 
The power of numbers to recount. 

11 Far sooner could I reckon o’er 
The sands upon the ocean’s shore; 

Each morn, revising what I ’ve done, 

I find th’ account but new begun. 

12 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, 

If mischief lurk in any part; 

Correct me where I go astray, 

And guide me in thy perfect way. 

SELECTION 114. C.M. 

From the cxli. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, in thy sight, O let my prayer 
Like morning incense rise; 

My lifted hands accepted be 
As evening sacrifice. 



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2 From hasty language curb my tongue, 

And let a constant guard 
Still keep the portal of my lips 
With wary silence barr’d. 

3 From wicked men’s designs and deeds 
My heart and hands restrain ; 

Nor let me share their evil works, 

Or their unrighteous gain. 

4 Let upright men reprove my faults, 

And I shall think them kind; 

Like healing oil upon my head 
I their reproof shall find. 

SELECTION 115. C.M. 

From the cxliii. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, hear my prayer, and to my cry 
Thy wonted audience lend; 

In thy accustom’d faith and truth 
A gracious answer send. 

2 Nor at thy strict tribunal bring 
Thy servant to be tried; 

For in thy sight no living man 
Can e’er be justified. 

3 To thee my hands in humble prayer 
I fervently stretch out; 

My soul for thy refreshment thirsts, 

Like land oppress’d with drought. 

4 Hear me with speed, my spirit fails; 

Thy face no longer hide, 

Lest I become forlorn, like them 
That in the grave reside. 

5 Thy kindness early let me hear, 

Whose trust on thee depends; 

Teach me the way where I should go, 
My soul to thee ascends. 

6 Do thou, O Lord, from all my foes 
Preserve and set me free; 

A safe retreat, a hiding-place, 

My soul implores from thee. 

7 Thou art my God, thy righteous will 
Instruct me to obey; 

Let thy good Spirit lead and keep 
My soul in thy right way. 

8 O, for the sake of thy great Name, 
Revive my drooping heart; 

For thy truth’s sake, to me distress’d 
Thy saving health impart. 


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PSALMS. 


SELECTION 116. L.M. 

From the cxliv. Psalm of David. 

L ORD, what ’s in man, that thou should’st love 
Of him such tender care to take 7 
What in his offspring could thee move 
Such great account of him to make ? 

2 The life of man does quickly fade, 

His thoughts but empty are and vain, 

His days are like a flying shade, 

Of whose short stay no signs remain. 

3 To thee, almighty King of kings, 

In new-made hymns my voice I ’ll raise; 

And instruments of many strings 
Shall help me to adore and praise. 


SELECTION 117. 

From the cxlv. Psalm of David. 
PART I. C. M. 


T HEE will I bless, my God and King, 

Thy endless praise proclaim; 

This tribute daily I will bring, 

And ever bless thy Name. 

2 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, 

And highly to be praised; 

Thy majesty, with boundless height. 

Above our knowledge raised. 

3 Renown’d for mighty acts, thy fame 
To future time extends ; 

From age to age thy glorious Name 
Successively descends. 

4 Whilst I thy glory and renown, 

And wondrous works express, 

The world with me thy might shall own, 

And thy great power confess. 

5 The praise that to thy love belongs 
They shall with joy proclaim; 

Thy truth of all their grateful songs 
Shall be the constant theme. 

6 The Lord is good; fresh acts of grace 
His pity still-supplies; 

His anger moves with slowest pace, 

His willing mercy flies. 

7 Thy love through earth extends its fame, 

To all thy works express’d; 

These show thy praise, whilst thy great Name 
Is by thy servants bless’d. 

8 They, with a glorious prospect fired, 

Shall of thy kingdom speak; 

And thy great power, by all admired, 

Their lofty subject make. 


PSALMS 


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9 God’s mighty works of ancient date 
Shall thus to all be known; 

And thus his kingdom’s glorious state 
In all its splendour shown. 

10 His steadfast throne, from changes free, 

Shall stand for ever fast; 

His boundless sway no end shall see, 

But time itself outlast. 

PART II. c. M 

1 The Lord does them support that fall, 

And makes the prostrate rise ; 

For his kind aid all creatures call, 

Who timely food supplies. 

2 Whate’er their various wants require, 

With open hand he gives ; 

And so fulfils the just desire 
Of every thing that lives. 

3 How holy is the Lord, how just, 

How righteous all his ways ! 

How nigh to him, who with firm trust 
For his assistance prays ! 

4 He grants the full desires of those 

Who him with fear adore; 

And will their troubles soon compose, 

When they his aid implore. 

5 The Lord preserves all those with care 

Whom grateful love employs; 

But sinners, who his vengeance dare, 

In justice he destroys. 

6 My time to come, in praises spent, 

Shall still advance his fame; 

And all mankind, with one consent,’ 

For ever bless his Name. 

SELECTION 118. III. 3. 

From the cxlv. Psalm of David. 

G OD, my King, thy might confessing, 

Ever will I bless thy Name; 

Day by day thy throne addressing, 

Still will I thy praise proclaim. 

2 Honour great our God befitteth ; 

Who his majesty can reach ? 

Age to age his works transmitteth, 

Age to age his power shall teach. 

3 They shall talk of all thy glory, 

On thy might and greatness dwell, 

Speak of thy dread acts the story, 

And thy deeds of wonder tell. 

4 Nor shall fail from memory’s treasure 
Works by love and mercy wrought; 


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Works of love surpassing measure, 

Works of mercy passing thought. 

5 Full of kindness and compassion, 

Slow to anger, vast in love, 

God is good to all creation ; 

All his works his goodness prove. 

6 All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee, 

Thee shall all thy saints adore; 

King supreme shall they confess thee, 

And proclaim thy sovereign power. 

7 They thy might, all might excelling, 

Shall to all mankind make known; 

And the brightness of thy dwelling, 

And the glories of thy throne. 

8 Ever, God of endless praises, 

Shall thy royal might remain ; 

Evermore thy brightness blazes, 

Ever lasts thy righteous reign. 

9 Them that fall the Lord protecteth, 

He sustains the bow’d and bent: 

Every eye from thee expecteth, 

Fix’d on thee, its nourishment. 

10 Thou to all, great God of nature, 

Giv’st in season due their food; 

Spread’st thy hand, and every creature 
Satisfiest still with good. 

11 God is just in all he doeth, 

Kind is he in all his ways; 

He his ready presence showeth, 

When a faithful servant prays. 

12 Who sincerely seek and fear him, 

He to them their wish will give; 

When they call, the Lord will hear them, 
He will hear them, and relieve. 

13 From Jehovah all who prize him 

Shall his saving health enjoy: 

All the wicked who despise him, 

He will in their sin destroy. 

14 Still, Jehovah, thee confessing, 

Shall my tongue thy praise proclaim; 
And may all mankind with blessing 
Ever hail thy holy Name. 

SELECTION 119. C. M. 

From the cxlvu Psalm of David. 

O PRAISE the Lord, and thou, my soul, 
For ever bless his Name: 

His wondrous love, while life shall last, 

My constant praise shall claim. 


PSALMS. 


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2 On princes, on the sons of men, 

Let none for aid rely; 

They cannot help, they turn to dust, 

And all their counsels die. 

3 Then happy he, who Jacob’s God 

For his protector takes; 

Who still, with well-placed hope, the Lord 
His constant refuge makes. 

4 The Lord, who made both heaven and earth, 

And all that they contain, 

Will never quit his steadfast truth, 

Nor make his promise vain. 

5 The poor, oppress’d, from all their wrongs 

Are eased by his decree ; 

He gives the hungry needful food, 

And sets the prisoners free. 

6 By him the blind receive their sight, 

The weak and fall’n he rears; 

With kind regard and tender love 
He for the righteous cares. 

7 The stranger he preserves from harm, 

The orphan kindly treats; 

Defends the widow, and the wiles 
Of wicked men defeats. 

8 The God that does in Sion dwell 

Is our eternal King: 

From age to age his reign endures; 

Let all his praises sing. 

SELECTION 120. II. 2. 

From the cxlvi. Psalm of David. 

I ’LL praise my Maker with my breath, 
And when my voice is lost in death, 
Praise shall employ my nobler powers; 

My days of praise shall ne’er be past, 

While life, and thought, and being last, 

Or immortality endures. 

2 Why should I place in man my trust ? 

Ev’n princes die and turn to dust, 

Vain is the help of flesh and blood; 

Their breath departs, their pomp and power, 
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour, 

Nor can they make their promise good. 

3 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
On Israel’s God : he made the sky, 

And earth, and seas, with all their train; 
He saves th’ oppress’d, he feeds the poor; 

His truth for ever stands secure, 

And none shall find his promise vain. 


PSALMS. 


4 The Lord gives eyesight to the blind, 

The Lord supports the sinking mind, 

He sends the righteous strength and peace, 
He helps the stranger in distress, 

The widow and the fatherless, 

And to the prisoner grants release. 

5 God shall the wicked overturn, 

On them his wrath shall ever burn, 

Sinners shall perish in their ways: 

Sion ! the God thy sons adore, 

He, he is King for evermore ; 

The Lord thy God for ever praise: 


SELECTION 121. 

From the cxlvii. Psalm of David. 


PART I. C. M. 


O PRAISE the Lord with hymns of joy, 
And celebrate his fame ; 

For pleasant, good, and comely’t is, 

To praise his holy Name. 

2 His holy city God will build, 

Though levell’d with the ground; 

Bring back his people, though dispersed 
Through all the nations round. 

3 He kindly heals the broken hearts, 

And all their wounds does close; 

He tells the number of the stars, 

Their several names he knows. 


4 Great is the Lord, and great his power, 

His wisdom has no bound ; 

The meek he raises, and throws down 
The wicked to the ground. 

5 To God the Lord, a hymn of praise 

With grateful voices sing ; 

To songs of triumph tune the harp, 

And strike each warbling string. 

6 He covers heaven with clouds, and thence 

Refreshing rain bestows; 

And on the mountains, through his care, 
The grass in plenty grows. 

7 His care the beasts that loosely range 

With timely food supplies; 

He feeds the ravens’ tender brood, 

And stops their hungry cries. 

8 The Lord to him that fears his Name 

His tender love extends ; 

To him that on his boundless grace 
With steadfast hope depends. 


PSALMS. 


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9 Let Sion and Jerusalem 

To God their praise address ; 

Whose strength secures their lasting gates, 
Who does their children bless. 

PART II. L. M. 

1 Jehovah speaks: swift from the skies 
To earth the sovereign mandate flies; 

The elements confess their Lord, 

With prompt obedience to his word; 

2 The thick-descending flakes of snow 
O’er earth a fleecy mantle throw ; 

And glittering frost o’er all the plains 
Binds nature fast in icy chains. 

3 He speaks: the ice and snow obey, 

And nature’s fetters melt away; 

Softly the vernal breezes blow, 

And murm’ring waters freely flow. 

4 But nobler works his grace record ; 

To Israel he reveals his word; 

To them, his chosen flock, alone, 

He makes his sacred precepts known. 

5 Such bliss no heathen nation shares, 

His oracles are only theirs : 

Let Israel then their voices raise, 

And bless their God in songs of praise. 

SELECTION 122. II. 4. 

From the cxlviii. Psalm of David. 

Y E boundless realms of joy, 

Exalt your Maker’s fame; 

His praise your song employ 
Above the starry frame: 

Your voices raise, 

Ye Cherubim 
And Seraphim, 

To sing his praise. 

2 Thou moon, that rul’st the night. 
And sun, that guid’st the day, 

Ye glitteringstars of light, 

To him your homage pay : 

His praise declare, 

Ye heavens above, 

And clouds that move 
In liquid air. 

3 Let them adore the Lord, 

And praise his holy Name, 




'll PSALMS. 

By whose almighty word 

They all from nothing came; 
And all shall last 
From changes free; 

His firm decree 
Stands ever fast. 

4 Let earth her tribute pay : 

Praise him,ye dreadful whales, 
And fish that through the sea 
Glide swift with glittering scales ; 
Fire, hail, and snow, 

And misty air, 

And winds that where 
He bids them blow. 

5 By hills, and mountains, all 

In grateful concert join’d; 

By cedars stately tall, 

And trees for fruit design’d; 

By every beast, 

And creeping thing, 

And fowl of wing, 

His Name be blest. 

6 Let all of highest birth, 

With those of humbler name, 
And judges of the earth, 

His matchless praise proclaim : 
In this design, 

Let youths with maids, 

And hoary heads 
With children, join. 

7 United zeal be shown 

His wondrous fame to raise, 
Whose glorious Name alone 
Deserves our endless praise; 
Earth’s utmost ends 
His power obey; 

His glorious sway 
The sky transcends. 

8 His chosen saints to grace, 

He sets them up on high ; 

And favours Israel’s race, 

Who still to him are nigh : 

O therefore raise 
Your grateful voice, 

And still rejoice 

The Lord to praise ! 





PSALMS. 

SELECTION 123 . IV. 1. 

From the cxlix. Psalm of David. 

O PRAISE ye the Lord, 

Prepare your glad voice. 

His praise in the great 
Assembly to sing: 

In their great Creator 
Let Israel rejoice; 

And children of Sion 
Be glad in their King. 

2 Let them his great Name 
Extol in their songs, 

With hearts well attuned 
His praises express ; 

Who always takes pleasure 
To hear their glad tongues, 

And waits with salvation 
The humble to bless. 

3 With glory adorn’d, 

His people shall sing 
To God, who their heads 
With safety doth shield: 

Such honour and triumph 
His favour shall bring : 

O therefore, for ever 
All praise to him yield ! 

SELECTION 124. L. M. 

From the cl. Psalm of David. 

O PRAISE the Lord in that blest place 

From whence his goodness largely flows ; 
Praise him in heaven where he his face, 
Unveil’d, in perfect glory shows. 

2 Praise him for all the mighty acts 
Which he in our behalf has done; 

His kindness this return exacts, 

With which our praise should equal run. 

3 Let the shrill trumpet’s warlike voice 

Make rocks and hills his praise rebound: 
Praise him with harp’s melodious noise, 

And gentle psaltery’s silver sound. 

4 Let them who joyful hymns compose, 

To cymbals set their songs of praise ; 

To well-tuned cymbals, and to those 
That loudly sound on solemn days. 

5 Let all that vital breath enjoy, 

The breath he does to them afford, 

In just returns of praise employ: 

Let every creature praise the Lord! 


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( 97 ) 

TABLE OF FIRST LINES, 

SHOWING WHERE TO FIND EACH PSALM, AND PART OF A PSALM, BY THE BEGINNING. 


According to thy promised grace.cxix. 97 7 71 

Adored for ever be the Lord.xxviii. 23 17 

Approach, ye children of the Lord.xxxiv. 29 2 21 

As pants the hart for cooling streams.xlii. 36 26 

As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs.xlii. 37 26 

Attend, my people ; Israel, hear.1. 43 2 29 

Be gracious to thy servant, Lord.cxix. 97 3 68 

Bless’d is the man whom thou, 0 Lord... .xciv. 73 2 51 
Bless God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone... .civ. 83 1 58 
Bless God, ye servants, that attend.. ..cxxxiv. 108 83 

But who thine anger’s dread effects.xe. 69 2 48 


Consider my affliction, Lord.cxix. 97 20 77 

Consider that the righteous man.iv. 4 4 

Deceitful thoughts and practices.cxix. 97 15 74 

Defend me, Lord, from shame.xxxi. 26 18 


For ever, and for ever, Lord.cxix. 97 12 73 

For thee, 0 God, our constant praise.lxv. 50 1 33 

From lowest depths of wo.cxxx. 104 81 

Give ear, thou Judge of all the earth.Iv. 45 31 

God is our refuge in distress.xlvi. 40 28 

God, my King, thy might confessing.cxlv. 118 89 

God of my life, O Lord most high.lxxxviii. 67 45 

God shall arise, and Sion view.cii. SO 2 55 

God shall charge his angel legions.xci. 70 2 49 

God’s perfect law converts the soul.xix. 15 2 10 

God’s temple crowns the holy mount... lxxxvii. 66 45 

Had not the Lord, may Israel say.cxxiv. 100 80 

Happy the man whose tender care.xli. 35 25 

Have mercy, Lord, on me.li. 44 30 

Hear, O my people; to my law.lxxviii. 60 40 

He’s blest whose sins have pardon gain’d. xxxii. 27 19 

He that has God his guardian made.xci. 70 1 48 

How bless’d are they who always keep.. .cxix. 97 1 67 

How blest is he w r ho ne’er consents.i. 1 3 

How good and pleasant must it be.xcii. 71 49 

How long wilt thou forget me, Lord.xiii. 10 7 

How manifold thy works, O Lord..civ. 84 59 


How shall the young preserve their ways.. cxix. 97 2 63 
How various, Lord, thy works are found... .civ. 83 2 53 
How vast must their advantage be.cxxxiii. 107 82 


I ’ll praise my Maker with my breath. 

In mercy, not in wrath.... 

In my distress to God I cried. 

Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord. 

In thee I put my steadfast trust. 

I waited meekly for the Lord. 


cxlvi. 120 91 

. . .vi. 6 5 

, .XXX. 25 18 

.cxix. 97 5 69 

, .Ixxi. 55 37 

...xl. 34 24 


Jehovah reigns, let all the earth.xcvii. 76 53 

Jehovah reigns, let therefore all.xeix. 78 54 

Jehovah speaks: swift from the skies.. .cxlvii. 121 2 93 

Judge me, O Lord, for I the paths.xxvi. 21 16 


Let all the just to God, with joy...xxxiii. 28 119 

Let all the lands, with shouts of joy.lxvi. 51 1 34 

Let me with light and truth he blesS’d... .xliii. 38 27 

Like water is my life pour’d out.....-xxii. 17 2 12 

Lo! hills and mountains shall bring forth, .lxxii. 56 38 

Lord, for evei at thy side.cxxxi. 105 81 

Lord, from thy unexhausted store.lxv. 50 2 34 

Lord, hear my prayer, and to my cry.cxliii. 115 87 

Lord, in thy sight, O let my prayer.cxh. 114 86 

Lord, let me know my term of days.xxxix. S3 24 

Lord, not to us, we claim no share.cxv. 93 63 

Lord, though at times surprised by fear.1 vi. 46 32 

Lord, to my brethren I ’ll declare.xxii. 17 3 12 

Lord, what’s in man that thou, &c.cxliv. 116 88 

Lord, who’s the happy man that may.xv. 12 8 

Magnify Jehovah’s name.evii. 87 l 60 

May Jacob’s God defend.xx. 16 11 

Mine eyes, alas! begin to fail.cxix. 97 16 75 

My God, my God, whyleav’stthoume.xxii. 17 l 12 

Mv grateful soul shall bless the Lord.xvi. 13 9 

My offerings toGod’s house I ’ll bring.lxvi. 51 2 35 

My soul, for help on God rely.lxii. 48 32 

My soul, howe’er distress’d and poor.Ixix. 54 2 37 

My soul, inspired with sacred love.ciii. 81 56 

My soul, oppress’d with deadly care.cxix. 97 4 69 

My soul with grateful thoughts of love... .cxvi. 94 64 

My soul with long expectance faints.cxix. 97 11 73 

No change of time shall ever shock.xviii. 14 l 9 

O all ye people, clap your hands.xlvii. 41 28 

O bless the Lord, my soul.ciii. 82 57 

O come, loud anthems let us sing.xcv. 74 51 

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O God, my gracious God, to thee.lxiii. 49 33 

0 God, my heart is fix’d, ’t is bent.lvii. 47 32 

O God, my heart is fully bent.cviii. S3 61 

0 God of hosts, the mighty Lord.lxxxiv. 63 42 

O God our Saviour, all our hearts.lxxxv. 64 43 

O Lord, my God, my portion thou.cxix- 97 8 71 

O Lord, the Saviour and defence.xc. 69 147 

O Lord, thy mercy, my sure hope.xxxvi. 30 21 

O praise the Lord, and thou, my soul.cxlvi. 119 90 

O praise the Lord, for he is good.cxviii. 96 65 

O praise the Lord in that blest place.cl. 124 95 

0 praise the Lord with hymns of joy... .cxlvii. 121 1 92 

O praise the Lord with one consent.cxxxv. 109 83 

O praise ye the Lord.cxlix. 123 95 

O render thanks and bless the Lord.cv. 85 59 

O render thanks to God above.cvi. 86 59 

O Thou, whom heavenly hosts obey.lxxx. 61 41 

0 Thou, to whom all creatures bow.viii. 7 6 

O’t was a joyful sound to hear.exxii. 99 79 

O withduereverence let us all.cxxxii. 106 82 

Praise ye the Lord; our God to praise.cxi. 90 62 

Regard my words, O gracious Lord.v. 5 5 

Save me, O God, from waves that roll.Ixix. 54 1 36 

Say ye, the Lord shall not regard.xciv. 73 150 

Sing to the Lord a new-made song.xevi. 75 52 

Sing to the Lord a new-made song.xcviii. 77 53 

That man is bless’d who stands in awe... .cxii. 91 63 

Thee will I bless, my God and King.cxlv. 117 1 88 

The good man’s way is God’s delight.. .xxxvii. 31 2 22 

The heavens declare thy glory, Lord.xix. 15 l 10 

The Lord a holy temple hath.xi. 9 7 

The Lord does them support that fall.cxlv. 117 2 89 

The Lord hath spoke, the mighty God.1. 43 129 

The Lord himself, the mighty Lord.xxiii. 13 13 

The Lord look’d down from heaven’s, &c.. .xiv. 11 8 

The Lord, the only God, is great.xlviii. 42 28 

The Lord unto my Lord thus spake.cx. 89 62 

The love that to thy laws 1 bear.cxix. 97 13 74 

The man is blest that fears the Lord... .cxxviii. 103 81 

The Name of our God.lxxvi. 59 40 

The servants of Jehovah’s will.lxviii. 53 36 

The spacious earth is all the Lord’s..... .xxiv. 19 14 

The strong foundations of the earth.cii. 80 3 56 

The wicked I in power have seen.xxxvii. 31 3 23 

The wonders which thy laws contain.cxix. 97 17 75 

Thine is the cheerful day, O Lord.lxxiv. 58 40 

Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom.. .cxix. 97 IS 76 
Though wicked men grow rich or great, .xxxvii. 31 1 22 

Thou, gracious God, art my defence.iii. 3 4 

Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast, &c..cxxxix. 113 85 

Thou suit’st, O Lord, thy righteous waj’S. .xviii. 14 2 9 
Through all the changing scenes of lite. .xxxiv. 29 1 20 

Thus God declares his sovereign will.ii. 2 3 

Thy chast’ning wrath, O Lord, restrain. .xxxviii. 32 23 

Thy constant Blessing, Lord, bestow.cxix. 97 6 70 

Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song... .lxxxix. 68 46 

Thy presence, Lord, hath me supplied... .lxxiii. 57 39 

Thy sacred word my joyful breast.cxix. 97 21 77 

Thy wondrous power, Almighty Lord.evii. 87 2 61 

Thy word is to my feet a lamp.cxix 97 14 74 

To bless thy chosen race.lxvii. 52 35 

To celebrate thy praise, O Lord.ix. 8 6 

To God, in whom I trust.xxv. 20 15 

To God, our never-failing strength.lxxxi. 62 42 

To God, the mighty Lord.cxxxvi. 110 84 

To me, who am the workmanship.cxix. 97 10 72 

To my complaint, O Lord,my God.Ixxxvi. 65 44 

To my request and earnest cry.cxix. 97 22 78 

To Sion’o k;u »nft eyes .exxi. 98 78 

We build with fruitless cost, unless.cxxvii. 102 80 

Whate’er the mighty Lord decrees.xxxiii. 28 2 20 

When I pour out my soul in prayer.cii. 80 1 55 

When we, our weary limbs to rest.cxxxvii. Ill 84 

While I the King’s loud praise rehearse.xlv. 39 27 

Whom should I fear, since God to me... .xxvii. 22 16 

Who place on Sion’s God their trust.exxv. 101 80 

With cheerful notes let all the earth.cxvii. 95 65 

With glory clad, with strength array’d... .xeiii. 72 50 

With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt.cxix. 97 9 72 

Withmywhole heart, inyGod and King, cxxxviii. 112 85 

With my whole heart to God I call’d.cxix. 97 19 76 

With one consent let all the earth.c. 79 54 

Ye boundless realms of joy.cxlviii. 122 93 

Ye saints and servants of the Lord.cxiii. 92 63 

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TABLE, 

TO FIND THE PSALMS IN THE FOREGOING SELECTIONS 

SUITED TO PARTICULAR SUBJECTS AND OCCASIONS. 


Adoration of God,Selec’s7,50, 74, 75, 117. (See Praise.) 

-of the second Person in the Trinity, 41. 

Selec’s proper for, 43, part i.; 68, 75, 76, 77. 
Afilicted, prayer of, 10,36,37,73, part ii.; 80,97, p. xi.; 115. 

-, comfort of, 97, p. vii. 

-, complaint of, 36, 37, 80, p. i.; 115. 

-■,Selec’s proper for, 97. 

Afflictions, benefits of, 73, p. ii.; 97, p. ix. ver. 3. 

-——-, deliverance from them celebrated, 29, 87. 

Aged Saint, prayer of, 55, ver. 6. 

Almsgiving, 35, ver. l, 2, 3 ; 91. 

Angels guard the righteous, 29, ver. 4 ; 70, p. ii. 

- called on to praise the Lord, 81, ver. 11, 12. 

Ascension, 19, ver. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 41, 53, ver. 4, 5. 

Ash- Wednesday, 44,104. (See Penitential.) 

Assistance from God, 112, 116 . 

Atheism, practical, punishment denounced against, 11. 
Attributes of God, 30, 90, 117,119, i20,121. 

Blessing of God on temporal business and comforts, 102, 
103. _ 

Blessings promised to the righteous, 1, 27,103. 

Blood of Christ, cleansing from sin, prefigured by the 
ceremonies of the law, 44. 

Brotherly love, 107. 

Care of God over his saints, 29. 

Charity to the poor. (See Almsgiving.) 

Charitable man, blessings promised to, 35, ver. 1, 2, 3. 
Children instructed in God’s law, 60, ver. 3,6 ; 97, p. ii. 
Christ, the true David, 68. (See David.) 

-, covenant made with him typified by David, 68. 

-, divinity of, 39, ver. 6-8 ; 41, 89. 

-, his incarnation, 34, ver. 6, &c. 

-, David in the person of, describes his sorrows, and 

the malice and persecution of his enemies, and 
prays for deliverance, 17, 34, 45. 

-, his death and sufferings set forth in the person of 

David, 17, 34, 45, 54. 

-, his resurrection predicted, 2,13, 54, p. ii.; 96, ver. 

11, &c. 

-, his ascension celebrated, 19, 41, 53. 

--, his exaltation in his human nature to his media¬ 
torial kingdom, 2, 7,56, 68, 89, 96, 106. 

-, his glorification in his human nature, 7. 

-, his love to his Church celebrated, 39. 

-, his glory and power , 39. 

-, his kingdom among the Gentiles, 56,66,89,106. 

-, a Priest and King, 89. 

-, our strength and righteousness, 55. 

-, his first and second coming, 43,75,76,77. 

Christmas-day, 39,64, three last verses ; 68, 89, 106. 
Church, built on Jesus Christ, 96, ver. 11, &c. 

-, gathered and settled, 106. 

-, its beauty, worship, and order, 42, 99 

-, the birth-place of saints, 31. 

-, safety and joy in it, 22, 42, 63. 

-, destruction of its enemies, 59. 

-, Gentiles gathered into it, 39, 41. 

-, God defends it and fights for it, 16, 40,101. 

-, Christ’s love to it, 39. 

-, God's presence in it, and delight in it, 29,106. 

-, the garden of the Lord, 71, ver. 8, 9. 

-, the spouse of Christ, 39. 

-, its increase, 52. 

-, in affliction, 61. 

-, comforted, 101. 

•--, the honour and safety of a nation, 42. 

-, its festivals joyfully attended, 99. 

Comfort and support in God, 4,13,27,29,40,73, p. ii., first 
three verses. 

-, and support in sadness, prayed for, 80. 

-of God’s Spirit, prayed for, 37,38,44. 

Communion of saints, 107. 

Complaint of absence from public worship, 36, 37. 
-of sickness, 6. 

-of temptation and spiritual affliction, 36,37. 

-of heavy afflictions in mind and body, 80,115. 

Compassion of God, 81,82,117, from ver. 6. 

Confession of sin. repentance and pardon, 27,32,44,104,115. 
Confirmation,Se\ec’s proper for, 15, p. ii.; 20 , ver. 5, &c.; 

29, p. ii. ver. 1, &c.; 44, ver. 8, &c.; 97, p. ii. ver. 
1,&c.; p. v. ver. 1, &c.; p.xiv. ver. l,&c. 
Conscience, its guilt relieved, 27, 104. 


Consecration of a church, 106. (See Office of Conse¬ 
cration.) 

Consecration, an act of, 20, 44. 

Converse with God, 49. 

Conversion of Jews and Gentiles, 66,75,86. 

Corruption of manners, general, 11. 

Counsel and support from God, 13,97. 

Courage in death, 13. 

Covenant made with Christ in the person of David, 68. 
Creation and Providence, 28, 84,109, 110 ,121,148. 
Creatures, no trust in them, and God all-sufflcient, 28, p. 
ii.; 48, 119. 

•-, praising God, 122. 

David, in his sufferings, deliverances, kingdom, Arc. a type 
of Christ, 2, 14, 17, 34, 39, 45, 54, 56 68, 89 , 96, 
106. (See Christ.) 

Death, courage in, 13, 18, ver. 4. 

-, deliverance from, 26, 96. 

-of Christ, 17, 54. 

-of saints and sinners, 31. 

-, the effect of sin, 69. 

Defence and salvation in God, 3,14, 98. 

Delaying sinners warned, 74, ver. 7. 

Delight in God, 14, 36, 37, 49, 57,63. 

Deliverance begun and perfected, 64. 

-from despair, 14. 

-from deep distress, 29,34. 

-from death, 26,96- 

-from oppression and falsehood, 46 

■-from persecution, 5,73. 

-from slander, 5, 26. 

-from shipwreck, 87, p. ii. 

-by prayer, 29, 34. 

Desertion and distress of soul, 10,32,115. 

Desire of knowledge, 97, p. v. 

-of holiness, 97, p. v. 

-of comfort and succour, 97, p. v. ver. 6, &c. 

-of quickening grace, 97, p. iv. 

Desolations, the Church safe in them, 40. 

Devotion, 108. 

-in sickness, 6, 33. 

Direction prayed for, 20 . 

Distress relieved, 29,34,104. 

Divinity of Christ, 39,89. 

Dominion of man, 7, verses 5,6. 

Doubts and fears suppressed, 3,26,36,37. 

Eastet-Eve, Selec’s proper for, 13, ver. 3, &c.; 34, ver. 1.2 
Easter, selec’s proper for, 2, ver. 2 to the end ; 25,47,96. 
Education, religious, 29, p. ii.; 60, ver. 3, &c.; 97, p. ii. 
End ot righteous and wicked, 1, 31. 

Enemies of Christ and the Church, [typified by the ene¬ 
mies of David and Israel,] 14,59. (See Christ, 
Church, David.) 

Envy and unbelief cured, 31. 

Epiphany, season of, Selec’s proper for, 17, p. iii. ver. 6, 
&c.; 39, 42, 52, 56, 66, 75, 77. (See Gentiles, 

, Kingdom of Christ.) 

Equity and wisdom of Providence. 8. 

Evening Psalm, 63, last stanza. 

Evidences of grace, 12, 21. 

Exaltation of Christ , 2,7,56,89. 

Examination, 113, last verse. 


Faith m divine power and mercy, 47,48, 104 . 
Faithfulness of God, 68,85,90, 117 , 118 , 119 . 

Family love and worship, 115. 

Fear in the worship of God, 68, ver. 7, &c., 78. 

— and reverence of God, 28 , p.i. last verse, 103. (See 
God, his power and majesty.) 

Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 26 ,29,36, 37. 

Formal worship, 43, p. ii. 

Forgiveness ^ot sin prayed for; 32, 44. (See Penitential , 
Pardon.) 

Frailty of man, 33,69.116. 

Fretfulness discouraged, 31. 

Friendship, its blessings, 107. 

Funeral, Selec’s proper for, 33,69,116, ver. 2. 

Gentiles given to-Christ, 2,17, p. iii., last five verses ; 56 
gathered into the Church, 39, 41 ,52,66,75. 

' ~ owning the true God, 50, p. i., ver. 2; 52,75,77. 

Glorification of Christ in his human nature, 7, 

Glory of Christ, 39. 































































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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Glory and grace promised, 63,76, last three verses. 

God, his greatness and glory, 7. 

-, his perfections and providence extolled, 30,50, p. ii.; 

85, 118, 121. 

-, his goodness, &c. SI, 82, 117, p. i., ver. 6, &c.; 121. 

-, his omniscience, 113. 

-, his omnipresence, 113. 

-, his omnipotence, 53, 68, verse 6, &c.; 72, 75. 

-, his justice, 30, verse 2; 71, last verse. 

-, his sovereignty and goodness, 7, 92, 116. 

-, his compassion, 82, 117, p- i., ver. 6, &c. and p. ii.; 

118, ver. 5, &c. 

-, his care of the saints, 3,29. 

-, our defence and salvation, 3, 28, p. ii.; 93. 

-, eternal, &c. 72. 

-, eternal, and man mortal, 69, 80, p. i. 

-, faithfulness, 68, 90, 117, 118. 

-, goodness and mercy, 81, 82, 117, 113. 

-, goodness and truth, 117, 118, 119. 

-, governing power and goodness, 51. 

-, greatness and goodness, 53,116,117,118,121. 

-, the Judge, 8, ver 3; 43, 76, 77, last verse. 

-, his majesty, 49, 76. 

-, his condescension, 92. 

-, mercy and truth, 30,82,110,117,113 

-, made man, 7, ver. 5, &c. 

-, Ids perfections extolled, 30, 90,117, 113, 119,120,121. 

-, our portion, 4, 57. 

-, his power and majesty, 53,68, ver. 6, &c.; 72, 75. 

-, our preserver, 98, 112. 

-, present in his Church, 40, 63. 

-, our shepherd, 18. 

-, our support and comfort, 73, p. ii. 

-, supreme governor, 74. 

-, his vengeance and compassion, 53,75. 

-, unchangeable, 68, 90. 

-, worthy of all praise, 117,113, 119, 120, 124. 

Good- Friday, Selec’s proper for, 17,34,45,54. (See Christ, 
Ids sufferings and death.) 

Good Works , 4, 12, 86, ver. 3, &c.; 91, 97. 

Goodness of God celebrated, 81,82,121. (See God.) 
Gospel, its blessings, glory, and success, 15,39,68,77,89,90. 
Grace, prayed for, 20, 36 , 37, 38. 

-, its evidences, 21. 

-, without merit, 27. 

-, of Christ, 39,56. 

--, and providence, 28,30,109,110. 

-, preserving and restoring, 27,31, p. n.; 101,112. 

-, and glory, 63, two last verses ; 97, three last verses. 

-, pardoning, quickening, and sanctifying, 97, p. iii. 

v. viii. x. 

Greatness of God, and his goodness, 53,116,117,118,121. 
Guilt of conscience removed, 27, 44, 104. 


Harvest, 50, p. ii.; 121, ver. 6, &c. 

Health, sickness, and recovery, 6,25,32,33,69,80, p. l.; 94. 

Hearing of prayer, 4, 50, p. i.; 51, p. ii.; 80, p. t. 

Heart, known to God, 113. 

Heaven, 13, 19, ver. 3, &e.; 76, ver. 5. 

Holiness, 4, 12,19, ver. 4, &c.; 86, ver. 3, &c.; 91,97. 

Holy Spirit, supplication for, 36, 37,44, ver. 9, &c. (See 
Grace.) 

Hope and trust in God, 3, 13, 14, 22, 26, 40, 46,48,55, 65, 93, 
ver. 3, &c.: 101. 

Humiliation, day of,Selec’s properfor. (See Penitential 
Psalms.) 

Humility, profession of, 105. 

Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 43, p. n. 

Incarnation of Christ, 34, ver. 6, &c. 

Instruction, spiritual, 20, ver. 3 ; 29, p. u.; 97. 

Institution of a minister, 99, 106, 107. 

Instructive psalms, displaying the different characters 
and ends of good and bad men, 1.5,8,9,11,12, 
19, 20, 27, 29. 30, 31, 43, 57, 63, 70, 71, 73, 91, 97, 
98,101,102,103,107. 

Intercession, psalms of, 16,52,99, last four verses; 106. 

Judgment, day of, l, last three verses, 43, p. i.; 75, last 
stanza ; 76, 77, last verse. (See Advent.) 

Justice of God. (See God, his perfections.) 

Justification from the free grace of God, 27, 104. 

Kingdom of Christ, 2, 56, 66, 68, 89, 106. (See Christ, 
Epiphany.) 

Knowledge, spiritual, desired, 97, ver. 5, &c., p. v.,p. xvn., 
&c. 

Law of God, its excellence, consolations, dilight in it, &c., 

15, 97,p.i.,p.v.,p.xiii., p. xvi. 

J^ent, Selec’s proper for. (See Penitential Psalms.) 

Liberality to the poor, 35, three first verses ; 91, ver. 3, &c. 

Life, its shortness and frailty, 33, 69. 

-, uncertainty of, 33. 

Longing after God, 36,37,49. 

Lord's day, 49, first three stanzas, 74, 7o, 79, 96, ver. 12 to 
the end. 

Love to our neighbour, 12. 

—, brotherly, 107. 

Majesty of God, 53. (See God.) 

Man, his dominion, 7, ver. 5,,&c. 

-, his mortality, 33, 69, p. i.; 80, p. i. 


Nation's safety is the Church, 42. 

National deliverance, 59, loo 

-- desolations, the Church and people of God safe 

in them, 40. 

Obedience, sincere, 27, last two verses ; 113, last verse 
Old age, 69, p. i., ver. 9, 10, 

Omnipresence of God, 113. (See God.) 

Omnipotence of God, 68, ver. 6, and following. (See God.) 
Omniscience of God, 113. (See God.) 

Pardon, mercy, and grace prayed for, 6,20,27,44,64, 104 
107. {Sec Penitential Psalms, Repentance.) 
Passion-ioeek, Selec’s proper fori 17,45,54. (See Christ, 
his sufferings and death.) 

Patience under alHictions and persecutions, 31, £3,104. 
Peace and holiness urged, 29, p. ii. 

-, return of, after war, 77, 96. 

Penitential Psalms, 6, 27, 32, 44, 80, p. i.; 104,115. 
Perfections of God extolled, 30, 90, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121. 
(See God.) 

Persecution, prayer in the time of, 55, 115. 

-, courage in time of, 40, 73, p. ii. 

- 6 —, deliverance from, 8,73, p. ii. 

Pestilence, preservation in it, 70. 

Piety, instruction in, 29, p. ii. 

Poor, charity to. (See Alms-giving.) 

Portion, God our, 4, last three verses ; 57. 

Power of Christ, 39. 

-of God, 53, 68. (See God.) 

Prauie, psalms of, 51,79,81,82, 90,112,117,118,119,120 

-for creation and providence, 28, 83. 

-from all creatures, 122. 

-for temporal blessings, 53, 120. 

-for eminent deliverances, 29, 86. 

-for the victories by which God effected our redemp¬ 
tion, 77. 

-for health restored, 25, 94. 

-for hearing prayer, 51, last three verses. 

-to the Messiah, 39. 

-from all nations-, 95. 

—-for protection, grace, and truth, 47. 

-for rain, 50, p. ii. 

Prayer, 4, 50. 

-, in time of war, 16. 

Preservation, daily. 98. 

--, in time of public danger and calamity, 40, 

70, 91, last verse. 

-- from sin and its punishments, 15, p. ii., 

ver. 7; 20 , 23, 34. 

Preserver. (See God.) 

Priestly office of Christ, 89. 

Propagation of the Gospel, 39,41,53,56,117,118. 
Prophetical Psalms, 2, 13, 17, 34, 39, 53, 56, 66, 96. 
Prosperous sinners, their fearful end, 31. 

Protection of God, extended to the righteous, 29, vei i 
&c.; 31, 70, 101. 

Providence, its wisdom and equity, 8, last verse; 75, 76. 
-and grace, 30, 121. 

-in the works of creation, 28, 50, p. ii.; 68, 84, 

87, 109, 110, 121. 

Punishment of sinners. (See Prosperous Sinners, Sin¬ 
ners learned.) 

Qualifications of a Christian, 12, 19. 

Quickening grace. (See Grace.) 

Rain, 50, p. ii.; 121, p. i., ver. 6. 

Redemption, the mercies of, celebrated, 81, 82, 87, p. i. 
Recovery from sickness. (See Sickness.) 

Relative duties, 12,107. 

Religious education. (See Education.) 

Renovation, 44, ver. 6, &c.; 97, p. v. (See Grace ) 
Repentance, relative to, 6,27,32,44,80, p. i ; 104,115. 
Resignation, 33,105. 

Restoring grace, 18, ver. 3. (See Grace.) 

Resurrection of Christ and of the saints predicted, 13, 
ver. 3, &c.; 25, 96, ver. ll, &c. (See Christ, 
Easter-Eve, Easter.) 

Reverence in worship. (See Worship.) 

Righteous, character of, 12. (See Holiness.) 

--— protected by God, 29, ver. 4, &c.; 31, 70. 

--blessings promised to, 1,27, last verse; 103; 

(See Saints.) 

Righteousness of Christ, trusted in, 55. 

-, from God, 55. 

Safety in danger, 70. (See Preservation.) 

Saints, character of, 12, 19. 

-, protection promised to, 29, ver. 4, &c.; 31,70,101. 

-, blessings promised to, 1, 27, 71, verses 8, 9; 103. 

Salvation, and eternal joys, 13. 19, 23, SO, 43, p. i., third 
stanza ; 48, 63, 64, 66, 76. 

Scripture^ excellence of, 15, 97. 

Seasons of the year, 50, p. ii.; 121. 

Self-examination, 2l,ii3,tast verse. 

Shepherd. (See God.) 

Sincerity, 21, 113, last verse. 

-, proved and rewarded, 14, p. u. 

Sickness, 6, 25, 32, 33, 94, 

Sin, confession of, 27, 32, 44,104,115. (See Penitential 
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100 TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Sinners, warned, 74, last verse. 

-punished, 1, verse 4, &c.; 9,31. 

Slander, deliverance from it, 26. 

Sovereignty of God. (See God.) 

Spirit. (See Grace, Holy Spirit.) 

Spiritual enemies overcome, 3,14. 

Submission. (See Resignation.) 

Sufferings of Christ, 17, 35, 45, 54. 

Sunday. (See Lord's-day.) 

Support and counsel from God, 13, ver. 1; 45, last verse; 
73, p. ii. 

Temporal business and comforts, blessings on, prayed 
for, 102. 

Temptations overcome, 3,14. 

Thanksgiving. (See Praise.) 

Thunder and storm, 24, ver. 3, &c. 

Trinity-Sunday, Selec’s proper for, 39, 41, 89. 

Trust in God, 57. (See Hope.) 

-in creatures, vain, 48, 120. 


Truth of God celebrated, 117,118,120. 

Unbelief and envy cured, 31. 

Unchangeable God. (See God.) 

Unity, advantages of, celebrated, 107. 

Vanity of man, 33, 69, ver. 3, &c. 

War, psalms in time of, 14,16,40. 

Watchfulness, 15, p. ii., last three verses; 33, 46,114. 
Whitsunday, 42,53,117,118. (See Grace , Holy Spirit.) 
Wickedness of man, 11, 44. 

Winter and summer, 121. 

Works of Creation, Providence, and Grace, 15,121. (See 
Creation, Providence, Grace.) 

Worship and order of the Church, 42. 

-, delight in it, 63, 68, 78. 

-, public, 49, 63, 74, 79, 99, 106. 

Zeal, prayer for, 97, p- ii., ver.2, &c. 

Zion. (See Church.) 







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HYMNS. 


I. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 

H Y M N 1. C. M. 

G REAT God, with wonder and with praise 
On all thy works I look; 

But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, 

Shine brightest in thy book. 

2 The stars that in their courses roll, 

Have much instruction given; 

But thy good word informs my soul 
How I may soar to heaven. 

3 The fields provide me food, and show 
The goodness of the Lord ; 

But fruits of life and glory grow 
In thy most holy word. 

4 Here are my choicest treasures hid, 

Here my best comfort lies; 

Here my desires are satisfied, 

And here my hopes arise. 

5 Lord, make me understand thy law, 

Show what my faults have been; 

And from thy Gospel let me draw 
Pardon for all my sin. 

6 Here would I learn how Christ has died 
To save my soul from hell; 

Not all the books on earth beside, 

Such heavenly wonders tell. 

7 Then let me love my Bible more, 

And take a fresh delight, 

By day to read these wonders o’er, 

And meditate by night. 


H Y M N 2. C. M. 


F ATHER of mercies ! in thy word 
What endless glory shines ! 

For ever be thy Name adored 
For these celestial lines. 


2 Here may the wretched sons of want 

Exhaustless riches find; 

Riches above what earth can grant, 
And lasting as the mind. 

3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 

And yields a free repast; 

Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
Invite the longing taste. 




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4 Here the Redeemer’s welcome voice 

Spreads heavenly peace around; 

And life and everlasting joys 
Attend the blissful sound. 

5 O may these heavenly pages be 

My ever dear delight; 

And still new beauties may I see. 

And still increasing light. 

6 Divine Instructed gracious Lord, 

Be thou for ever near; 

Teach me to love thy sacred word, 

And view my Saviour there. 

II. CREATION. 

H Y M N 3. C. M. 

G REAT first of beings ! mighty Lord 
Of all this wondrous frame 1 
Produced by thy creating word, 

The world from nothing came. 

Thy voice sent forth the high command, 
’T was instantly obey’d: 

And through thy goodness all things stand 
Which by thy power were made. 

Lord, for thy glory shine the whole; 

They all reflect thy light: 

For this, in course the planets roll, 

And day succeeds the night. 

For this, the sun disperses heat 
And beams of cheering day; 

And distant stars, in order set, 

By night thy power display. 

For this, the earth its produce yields; 

For this, the waters flow; 

And blooming plants adorn the fields, 

And trees aspiring grow. 

Inspired with praise, our minds pursue 
This wise and noble end; 

That all we think, and all we do, 

Shall to thine honour tend. 

HYMN 4. C. M. 

Genesis i. 

L ET heaven arise, let earth appear. 
Proclaim’d th’ Eternal Lord : 

The heaven arose, the earth appear’d 
At his creating word. 

2 But formless was the earth, and void, 

Dark, sluggish, and confused ; 

Till o’er the mass the Spirit moved, 

And quick’ning power diffused. 


2 

3 

4 

5 

6 



HYMNS. 

3 Then spake the Lord Omnipotent 

> The mandate, “ Be there light 
Light darted forth in vivid rays, 

And scatter’d ancient night. 

4 The glorious firmament he spread, 

To part the earth and sky; 

And fix’d the upper elements 
Within their spheres on high. 

5 He bade the seas together flow; 

They left the solid land: 

And herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees, 
Sprung forth at his command. 

6 Above, he form’d the stars; and placed 

Two greater orbs of light; 

The radiant sun to rule the day, 

The moon to rule the night. 

7 To all the varied living tribes 

He gave their wondrous birth : 

Some form’d within the watery deep, 
Some, from the teeming earth. 

8 Then chief o’er all his works below, 

Man, honour’d man, was made; 

His soul with God’s pure image stamp'd, 
With innocence array’d. 

9 Completed now the mighty work, 

God his creation view’d; 

And, pleased with all that he had made, 
Pronounced it “ very good.” 

HYMN 5. II. 1. 

Psalm oxlviii. 

Praise from Living Creatures. 

B EGIN, my soul, th’ exalted lay; 

Let each enraptured thought obey, 
And praise th’ Almighty’sName: 

Let heaven and earth, and seas and skies, 
In one melodious concert rise, 

To swell th’ inspiring theme. 

2 Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound, 
While all th’ adoring thrones around 
His boundless mercy sing; 

Let every listening saint above 
Wake all the tuneful soul of love, 

And touch the sweetest string. 

3 Whate’er this living world contains, 

That wings the air or treads the plains. 

United praise bestow; 

Ye tenants of the ocean wide, 
ProclaimHim through the mighty tide, 
And in the deeps belo^. 


103 



104 


HYMNS. 


4 Let man, by nobler passions sway’d, 

The feeling heart, the judging head, 

In heavenly praise employ; 

Spread HIS tremendous Name around 
While heaven’s broad arch rings back the sound. 
The general burst of joy. 

/ HYMN 6. II. 1. 

Psalm cxlviii. 

Praise from the Elements and Worlds . 

Y E fields of light, celestial plains, 

Where pure, serene effulgence reigns, 

Ye scenes divinely fair, 

Your Maker’s wondrous power proclaim, 

Tell how he form’d your shining frame, 

And breathed the fluid air. 

2 Join, all ye stars, the vocal choir; 

Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire 
The mighty chorus aid; 

And, soon as evening veils the plain, 

Thou moon, prolong the hallow’d strain, 

And praise Him in the shade. 

3 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode, 
Proclaim the glories of thy God; 

Ye worlds, declare his might; 

He spake the word, and ye were made, 

Darkness and dismal chaos fled, 

And nature sprung to light. 

4 Let every element rejoice; 

Ye thunders, burst with awful voice 
To Him who bids you roll; 

His praise in softer notes declare, 

Each whispering breeze of yielding air, 

And breathe it to the soul. 

^ HYMN 7. L. M. 

Psalm xix. 

T HE spacious firmament on high, 

With all the blue ethereal sky, 

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 

Their great Original proclaim. 

2 Th’ unwearied sun, from day to day, 

Does his Creator’s power display, 

And publishes to every land 
The work of an Almighty hand. 

3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 

The moon takes up the wondrous tale; 

And, nightly, to the listening earth, 

Repeats the story of her birth; 

4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn, 

And all the planets in their turn. 





HYMNS. 

Confirm the tidings as they roll, 

And spread the truth horn pole to pole. 

5 What though in solemn silence all 
Move round this dark terrestrial ball; 
What though no real voice nor sound 
Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 

6 In reason’s ear they all rejoice, 

And utter forth a glorious voice, 

For ever singing as they shine, 

“ The hand that made us is divine.” 


III. PROVIDENCE. 


HYMN 8. L.M. 

E TERNAL source ofevery joy! 

Well may thy praise our lips employ, 
While in thy temple we appear, 

To hail thee,Sovereign of the year. 

2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 

Thy hand supports and guides the whole: 
The sun is taught by thee to rise, 

And darkness when to veil the skies. 


3 The flowery spring at thy command 
Perfumes the air, and paints the land; 
The summer rays with vigour shine, 

To raise the corn,and cheer the vine. 

4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours 
Through all our coasts redundant stores; 
And winters, soften’d by thy care, 

No more the face of horror wear. 


5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 
Demand successive songs of praise; 

And be the grateful homage paid, 

With morning light, and evening shade. 

6 Here in thy house let incense rise, 

And circling sabbaths bless our eyes, 

Till to those lofty heights we soar, 

Where days and years revolve no more. 


H Y M N 9. II. 3. 

Psalm xxiii. 

T HE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 

And feed me with a shepherd’s care; 
His presence shall my wants supply, 

And guard me with a watchful eye; 

My noon-day walks he shall attend, 

And all my midnight hours defend. 

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 

Or on the thirsty mountain pant, 

To fertile vales and dewy meads 


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HYMNS. 


My weary wandering steps he leads. 
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 

Amid the verdant landscape flow. 

3 Though in the paths of death I tread, 
With gloomy horrors overspread; 

My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 

For thou, O Lord, art with me still: 

Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 

And guide me through the dreadful shade. 

HYMN 10. 0. M. 

W HEN all thy mercies, O my God, 
My rising soul surveys, 
Transported with the view, I’m lost 
In wonder, love, and praise. 

2 O how shall words with equal warmth 
The gratitude declare, 

That glows within my ravish’d heart! 

But thou canst read it there. 

3 Thy providence my life sustain’d, 

And all my wants redrest, 

When in the silent womb I lay, 

And hung upon the breast. 

4 To all my weak complaints and cries 
Thy mercy lent an ear, 

E’er yet my feeble thoughts had learnt 
To form themselves in prayer. 

5 Unnumber’d comforts to my soul 
Thy tender care bestow’d, 

Before my infant heart conceived 
From whom those comforts flow’d. 

6 When in the slippery paths of youth 
With heedless steps I ran, 

Thine arm, unseen, convey’d me safe, 

And led me up to man. 

7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, 
It gently cleared my way, 

And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
More to be fear’d than they. 

8 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou 
With health renew’d my face; 

And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
Revived my soul with grace. 

9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss 
Has made my cup run o’er; 

And in a kind and faithful friend 
Has doubled all my store. 

10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
My daily thanks employ; 


HYMNS. 


m 


Nor is the least a cheerful heart, 

That tastes those gifts with joy. 

11 Through every period of my life 

Thy goodness I ’ll pursue; 

And after death, in distant worlds, 
The glorious theme renew. 

12 When nature fails, and day and night 

Divide thy works no more, 

My ever grateful heart, O Lord, 

Thy mercy shall adore. 

13 Through all eternity, to thee 

A joyful song I ’ll raise; 

But oh ! eternity’s too short 
To utter all thy praise. 

HYMN 11. III. 1. 

Psalm xxxi. 15. 

“ My times are in thy hand.” 

S OVEREIGN Ruler of the skies, 
Ever gracious, ever wise, 

All our times are in thy hand, 

All events at thy command. 

2 He that form’d us in the womb, 

He shall guide us to the tomb; 

All our ways shall ever be 
Order’d by his wise decree. 

3 Times of sickness, times of health, 
Blighting want, and cheerful wealth, 
All our pleasures, all our pains, 

Come, and end, as God ordains. 

4 May we always own thy hand, 

Still to thee surrender’d stand, 

Know that thou art God alone, 

We and ours are all thy own ! 

HYMN 12. C.M. 

G OD moves in a mysterious way 
His wonders to perform; 

He plants his footsteps in the sea, 

And rides upon the storm. 

2 Deep in unfathomable mines, 

With never-failing skill, 

He treasures up his bright designs, 
And works his gracious will. 

3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take j 
The clouds ye so much dread 
Are big with mercy, and shall break 
In blessings on your head. 

4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
But trust him for his grace: 


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Behind a frowning providence 
He hides a smiling face. 

5 His purposes will ripen fast, 

Unfolding every hour: 

The bud may have a bitter taste. 

But sweet will be the flower. 

6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 

And scan his work in vain : 

God is his own interpreter, 

And he will make it plain. 

IV. REDEMPTION. 

HYMN 13. S. M 

Jobix. 2—6. 

A H, how shall fallen man 
Be just before his God! 

If he contend in righteousness, 

We sink beneath his rod. 

2 If he our ways should mark, 

With strict inquiring eyes, 

Could we for one of thousand faults 
A just excuse devise ? 

3 All-seeing, powerful God! 

Who can with thee contend 7 
Or who that tries th’ unequal strife, 

Shall prosper in the end ? 

4 The mountains, in thy wrath, 

Their ancient seats forsake : 

The trembling earth deserts her place, 

Her rooted pillars shake : 

5 Ah, how shall guilty man 
Contend with such a God ? 

None, none can meet him, and escape, 

But through the Saviour’s blood. 

HYMN 14. L.M. 

Jobix. 30—33. 

T HOUGH I should seek to wash me clean 
In water of the driven snow, 

My soul would yet its spot retain, 

And sink in conscious guilt and woe: 

2 The Spirit, in his power divine, 

Would cast my vaunting soul to earth, 
Expose the foulness of its sin, 

And show the vileness of its worth. 

3 Ah, not like erring man is God, 

That men to answer him should dare: 
Condemn’d, and into silence awed, 

They helpless stand before his bar. 



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4 There, must a Mediator plead. 

Who, God and man, may both embrace ; 
With God, for man to intercede, 

And offer man the purchased grace. 

5 And lo ! the Son of God is slain 

To be this Mediator crown’d: 

In Him, my soul, be cleansed from stain, 

In Him thy righteousness be found! 

H Y M N 1 5. L. M. 

A LL glorious God, what hymns of praise 
Shall our transported voices raise: 
What ardent love and zeal are due, 

While heaven stands open to our view. 

2 Once we were fallen, and O how low ! 

Just on the brink of endless wo : 

When Jesus, from the realms above, 

Borne on the wings of boundless love, 

3 Scatter’d the shades of death and night, 

And spread around his heavenly light: 

By him what wondrous grace is shown 
To souls impoverish’d and undone. 

4 He shows, beyond these mortal shores, 

A bright inheritance as ours; 

Where saints in light our coming wait 
To share their holy, happy state. 


HYMN 16. C.M. 


S ALVATION ! O the joyful sound, 
Glad tidings to our ears; 

A sovereign balm for every wound, 

A cordial for our fears. 

2 Salvation ! buried once in sin, 

At hell’s dark door we lay; 

But now we rise by grace divine, 

And see a heavenly day. 

3 Salvation ! let the echo fly 

The spacious earth around ; 

While all the armies of the sky 
Conspire to raise the sound. 

4 Salvation ! O thou bleeding Lamb, 

To thee the praise belongs: 

Our hearts shall kindle at thy Name, 
Thy Name inspire our songs. 

Chorus for the end of each verse . 
Glory, honour, praise, and power, 

Be unto the Lamb for ever ! 

Jesus Christ is our Redeemer ! 
Hallelujah, praise the Lord! 


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HYMN 17. C.M. 
FITnQ our Redeemer’s glorious Name 
JL Awake the sacred song ! 

O may his love (immortal flame !) 

Tune every heart and tongue. 

2 His love, what mortal thought can reach; 

What mortal tongue display ! 
Imagination’s utmost stretch 
In wonder dies away. 

3 He left his radiant throne on high, 

Left the bright realms of bliss, 

And came to earth to bleed and die! 

Was ever love like this? 

4 Dear Lord, while we adoring pay 

Our humble thanks to thee, 

May every heart with rapture say, 

“ The Saviour died for me.” 

5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme, 

Fill every heart and tongue ; 

Till strangers love thy charming Name, 
And join the sacred song. 

HYMN 18. III. 3. 

S AYIOUR, source of every blessing, 
Tune my heart to grateful lays; 
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 

Call for ceaseless songs of praise. 

2 Teach me some melodious measure, 

Sung by raptured saints above; 

Fill my soul with sacred pleasure, 

While I sing redeeming love. 

3 Thou didst seek me when a stranger, 
Wandering from the fold of God; 
Thou, to save my soul from danger, 

Didst redeem me with thy blood. 

4 By thy hand restored, defended, 

Safe through life thus far I ’ve come; 
Safe, O Lord, when life is ended, 

Bring me to my heavenlyhome. 

HYMN 19. C.M. 

Titus iii. 4—7. 

~T& 4TY grateful soul, for ever praise, 
lv For ever love his Name, 

Who turn’d thee from the fatal paths 
Of folly, sin, and shame. 

2 Yain and presumptuous is the trust 
Which in our works we place ; 
Salvation from a higher source 
Flows to our fallen race. 



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*T is from the love of God through Chi ist 
That all our hopes begin ; 

His mercy saved our souls from death, 
And wash’d us from our sin. 

His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, 

His sacred fire imparts, 

Removes our dross, and love divine 
Enkindles in our hearts. 

Thus raised from death, we live anew; 

And, justified by grace, 

We hope in glory to appear, 

And see our Father’s face. 


HYMN 20. C. M. 

H OW helpless guilty nature lies, 
Unconscious of its load : 

The heart unchanged can never rise 
To happiness and God. 

The will perverse, the passions blind, 

In paths of ruin stray: 

Reason debased can never find 
The safe, the narrow way. 

Can aught beneath a power divine 
The stubborn will subdue ? 

’T is thine, Almighty Saviour, thine 
To form the heart anew. 

’Tis thine the passions to recall, 

And upward bid them rise ; 

And make the scales of error fall 
From reason’s darken’d eyes. 

To chase the shades of death away, 
And bid the sinner live, 

A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 

’T is thine alone to give. 

O change these wretched hearts of ours 
And give them life divine : 

Then shall our passions and our powers, 
Almighty Lord, be thine. 


HYMN 21. C. M. 


F ATHER, to thee iny soul I lift, 
On thee my hope depends, 
Convinced that every perfect gift 
From thee alone descends. 


Mercy and grace are thine alone, 

And power and wisdom too ; 

Without the Spirit of thy Son 
We nothing good can do. 

Thou all our works in us hast wrought, 
Our good is all divine; . 


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The praise of every holy thought 
And righteous word is thine. 

4 From thee, through Jesus, we receive 
The power on thee to call, 

In whom we are, and move, and live : 
Our God is all in all. 


HYMN 22. III. 1. 

S ING, my soul,His wondrous love, 

Who, from yon bright throne above. 
Ever watchful o’er our race, 

Still to man extends his grace. 

2 Heaven and earth by him were made. 

All is by his sceptre sway’d; 

What are we that he should show 
So much love to us below 1 
4 God, the merciful and good, 

Bought us with the Saviour’s blood, 

And, to make our safety sure, 

Guides us by his Spirit pure. 

4 Sing, my soul, adore his Name, 

Let his glory be thy theme: 

Praise him till he calls thee home, 

Trust his love for all to come. 


HYMN 23. S.M. 


G RACE ! ’t is a charming sound, 
Harmonious to the ear; 
Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
And all the earth shall hear. 


2 Grace first contrived a way 

To save rebellious man, 

And all the means that grace display, 
Which drew the wondrous plan. 

3 Grace guides my wandering feet 

To tread the heavenly road; 

And new supplies each hour I meet 
While pressing on to God. 

4 Grace all the work shall crown 

Through everlasting days; 

It lays in heaven the topmost stone. 
And well deserves the praise. 


V. THE CHURCH. 

HYMN 24. S.M. 

L IKE Noah’s weary dove, 

That soar’d the earth around, 
But not a resting-place above 
The cheerless waters found; 



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2 O cease, my wandering soul, 

On restless wing to roam; 

All the wide world, to either pole, 

Has not for thee a home. 

3 Behold the ark of God, 

Behold the open door; 

Hasten to gain that dear abode, 

And rove, my soul, no more. 

4 There, safe thou shalt abide, 

There, sweet shall be thy rest, 

And every longing satisfied, 

With full salvation blest. 

5 And, when the waves of ire 

Again the earth shall fill, 

The Ark shall ride the sea of fire, 
Then rest on Sion’s hill. 

HYMN 25. S.M. 

I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, 

The house of thine abode, 

The Church our blest Redeemer saved 
With his own precious blood. 

2 I love thy Church, O God; 

Her walls before thee stand, 

Dear as the apple of thine eye, 

And graven on thy hand. 

3 If e’er to bless thy sons, 

My voice or hands deny, 

These hands let useful skill forsake, 
This voice in silence die. 

4 If e’er my heart forget 

Her welfare, or her woe, 

Let every joy this heart forsake, 

And every grief o’erflow. 

5 For her my tears shall fall; 

For her my prayers ascend; 

To her my cares and toils be given, 
Till toils and cares shall end. 

6 Beyond my highest joy 

I prize her heavenly ways, 

Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
Her hymns of love and praise. 

7 Jesus, thou Friend divine. 

Our Saviour and our King, 

Thy hand from every snare and foe 
Shall great deliverance bring. 


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8 Sure as thy truth shall last, 

To Sion shall be given 
The brightest glories earth can yield, 
And brighter bliss of heaven. 


HYMN 26. C.M. 

Hebrews xii. 18. 22—24. 

N OT to the terrors of the Lord, 

The, tempest, fire, and smoke: 
Not to the thunder of that word 
Which God on Sinai spoke: 

2 But we are come to Sion’s hill, 

The city of our God; 

Where milder words declare his will, 
And spread his love abroad. 

3 Behold th’ innumerable host 
Of angels clothed in light! 

Behold the spirits of the just, 

Whose faith is changed to sight. 

4 Behold the bless’d assembly there 
Whose names are writ in heaven; 
Hear God, the Judge of all, declare 
Their sins, through Christ, forgiven. 
5 Angels, and living saints and dead, 

But one communion make: 

All join in Christ, their vital Head, 
And of his love partake. 


HYMN 27. S.M. 


B LEST is the tie that binds 

Our hearts in Christian love ; 
The fellowship of kindred minds 
Is like to that above. 

2 Before our Father’s throne 
We pour united prayers ; 

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one; 
Our comforts and our cares. 

3 We share our mutual woes, 

Our mutual burdens bear; 

And often for each other flows 
The sympathizing tear. 

4 When we at death must part, 

How keen, how deep the pain : 

But we shall still be join’d in heart, 
And hope to meet again. 

5 From sorrow, toil, and pain, 

And sin, we shall be free; 

And perfect love and friendship reign 
Throughout eternity. 




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HYMN 28. II. 1. 

Psalm cxxii. The Church in Glory. 

W ITH joy shall I behold the day 

That calls my willing soul away, 

To dwell among the blest: 

For lo ! my great Redeemer’s power 
Unfolds the everlasting door, 

And points me to his rest. 

2 Ev’n now, to my expecting eyes, 

The heaven-built towers of Salem rise, 

Their glory I survey; 

I view her mansions that contain 
The angel host, a beauteous train, 

And shine with cloudless day. 

3 Thither, from earth’s remotest end, 

Lo ! the redeem’d of God ascend, 

Borne on immortal wing; 

There, crown’d with everlasting joy, 

In ceaseless hymns their tongues employ 
Before th’ Almighty King. 

4 The King a seat hath there prepared, 

High on eternal base uprear’d, 

For his eternal Son : 

His palaces with joy abound; 

His saints, by him with glory crown’d, 

Attend and share his throne. 

5 Mother of cities ! o’er thy head 

Bright peace, with healing wings outspread, 
For evermore shall dwell: 

Let me, blest seat! my name behold 
Among thy citizens enroll’d, 

And bid the world farewell. 

H Y M N 29. L. M. 

Isaiah Iii. 1, 2. 

mRIUMPHANT Sion ! lift thy head 
JL From dust, and darkness, and the dead 
Though humbled long, awake at length, 

And gird thee with thy Saviour’s strength. 

2 Put all thy beauteous garments on, 

And let thy excellence be known: 

Deck’d in the robes of righteousness, 

The world thy glories shall confess. 

3 No more shall foes unclean invade, 

And fill thy hallow’d walls with dread; 

No more shall hell’s insulting host 
Their victory and thy sorrows boast. 

4 God from on high has heard thy prayer, 

His hand thy ruins shall repair: 

Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease 
To guard thee in eternal peace. 


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VI. FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 
THE LORD’S DAY. 

HYMN 30. II. 4. 

A WAKE, ye saints, awake, 

And hail this sacred day; 

In loftiest songs of praise 
Your joyful homage pay: 

Welcome the day that God hath blest, 
The type of heaven’s eternal rest. 

2 On this auspicious morn 
The Lord of life arose; 

He burst the bars of death, 

And vanquish’d all our foes: 

And now he pleads our cause above, 

And reaps the fruits of all his love. 

3 All hail, triumphant Lord ! 

Heaven with hosannas rings, 

And earth, in humbler strains, 

Thy praise responsive sings: 

Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, 
Through endless years to live and reign. 

4 Great King, gird on thy sword, 

Ascend thy conquering car; 

While justice, truth,and love, 

Maintain thy glorious war: 

This day let sinners own thy sway, 

And rebels cast their arms away. 


HYMN 31. C. M. 


T HIS is the day the Lord hath made, 
Let young and old rejoice: 

To him be vows and homage paid, 

Whose service is our choice. 

2 This is the temple of the Lord: 

How dreadful is this place! 

With meekness let us hear his word, 

With reverence seek his face. 

3 This is the homage he requires; 

The voice of praise and prayer, 

The soul’s affections, hopes, desires, 
Ourselves and all we are. 

4 While rich and poor for mercy call, 
Propitious from the skies, 

The Lord, the Maker of them all, 

Accepts the sacrifice. 

5 Well pleased,through Jesus Christ his Son, 
From sin he grants release; 

According to their faith ’t is done, 

He bids them go in peace. 


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HYMN 32. S.M. 

W ELCOME, sweet day of lest, 
That saw the Lord arise; 
Welcome to this reviving breast. 

And these rejoicing eyes. 

2 The king himself comes near 
To feast his saints to-day ; 

Here may we sit, and see him here, 
And love, and praise, and pray. 

3 One day amidst the place 
Where Jesus is within, 

Is better than ten thousand days 
Of pleasure and of sin. 

4 My willing soul would stay 
In such a frame as this, 

Till it is called to soar away 
To everlasting bliss. 

H Y M N 33. L. M. 

A NOTHER six days’ work is done, 
Another Lord’s day has begun ; 
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
Improve the hours thy God hath blest. 
This day may our devotion rise, 

As grateful incense to the skies ; 

And heaven that sweet repose bestow, 
Which none but they who feel it know. 
This peaceful calm within the breast 
Is the sure pledge of heavenly rest, 
Which for the church of God remains, 
The end of cares, the end of pains. 

In holy duties, let the day, 

In holy pleasures, pass away : 

How sweet a sabbath thus to spend, 

In hope of one that ne’er shall end. 


HYMN 34. II. 3. 

G REAT God, this sacred day of thine 
Demands the soul’s collected powers 
Gladly we now to thee resign 

These solemn, consecrated hours: 

O may our souls adoring own 
The grace that calls us to thy throne. 

2 All-seeing God ! thy piercing eye 
Can every secret thought explore; 

May worldly cares our bosoms fly, 

And, where thou art, intrude no more : 

O may thy grace our spirits move, 

And fix our minds on things above! 


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3 Thy Spirit’s powerful aid impart, 

And bid thy word, with life divine, 

Engage the ear, and warm the heart: 

Then shall the day indeed be thine; 

Then shall our souls adoring own 
The grace that calls us to thy throne. 

HYMN 35. II.4. 

I N loud exalted strains, 

The King of Glory praise; 

O’er heaven and earth he reigns, 

Through everlasting days ; 

But Sion, with his presence blest, 

Is his delight, his chosen rest. 

2 O King of Glory, come, 

And with thy favour crown 
This temple as thy home, 

This people as thy own : 

Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show 
How God can dwell with men below. 

3 Now let thine ear attend 
Our supplicating cries; 

Now let our praise ascend, 

Accepted to the skies: 

Now let thy Gospel’s joyful sound 
Spread its celestial influence round. 

4 Here may the listening throng 
Imbibe thy truth and love ; 

Here Christians join the song 
Of seraphim above: 

Till all who humbly seek thy face, 

Rejoice in thy abounding grace. 

HYMN 36. L.M. 

F AR from my thoughts, vain world, begone ; 

Let my religious hours alone: 

From flesh and sense I would be free, 

And hold communion, Lord, with thee. 

2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 

And kindles with a pure desire, 

To see thy grace, to taste thy love, 

And feel thine influence from above. 

3 When I can say that God is mine, 

When I can see thy glories shine, 

I ’ll tread the world beneath my feet, 

And all that men call rich and great. 

4 Send comfort down from thy right hand, 

To cheer me in this barren land; 

And in thy temple let me know 
The joys that from thy presence flow. 


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HYMN 37. L. M. 

M Y opening eyes with rapture see 

The dawn of thy returning day; 

My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, 

While thus my early vows I pay. 

2 I yield my heart to thee alone, 

Nor would receive another guest; 

Eternal King ! erect thy throne, 

And reign sole monarch in my breast. 

3 O bid this trifling world retire, 

And drive each carnal thought away; 

Nor let me feel one vain desire, 

One sinful thought, through all the day. 

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, 

My soul shall rise on joyful wing, 

The wonders of thy love declare, 

And join the strains which angels sing. 

HYMN 38. III. 1. 

T O thy temple I repair; 

Lord, I love to worship there; 

While thy glorious praise is sung, 

Touch my lips, unloose my tongue. 

2 While the prayers of saints ascend, 

God of love, to mine attend; 

Hear me, for thy Spirit pleads; 

Hear, for Jesus intercedes. 

3 While I hearken to thy law, 

Fill my soul with humble awe, 

Till thy Gospel bring to me 
Life and immortality. 

4 While thy ministers proclaim 
Peace and pardon in thy Name, 

Through their voice, by faith, may 1 
Hear thee speaking from on high. 

5 From thy house when I return, 

May my heart within me burn ; 

And at evening let me say, 

“ I have walk’d with God to-day.” 

HYMN 39. L.M. 

After Sermon. 

A LMIGHTY Father ! bless the word, 

Which, through thy grace, we now have heard; 
O may the precious seed take root, 

Spring up, and bear abundant fruit. 

2 We praise thee for the means of grace, 

Thus in thy courts to seek thy face: 

Grant, Lord, that we who worship here 
May all, at length, in heaven appear. 


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HYMN 40. III. 5. 

L ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, 

Fill our hearts with joy and peace : 

Let us each, thy love possessing, 

Triumph in redeeming grace ; 

O refresh us, 

Travelling through this wilderness. 

2 Thanks we give, and adoration, 

For the Gospel’s joyful sound ; 

May the fruits of thy salvation 
In our hearts and lives abound : 

May thy presence 
With us evermore be found. 

ADVENT. 

HYMN 41. C.M. 

H ARK! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 
The Saviour promised long : 

Let every heart prepare a throne, 

And every voice a song. 

2 On him the Spirit, largely pour’d, 

Exerts his sacred fire; 

Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 

His holy breast inspire. 

3 He comes, the prisoners to release, 

In Satan’s bondage held ; 

The gates of brass before him burst, 

The iron fetters yield. 

4 He comes, from thickest films of vice 
To clear the mental ray ; 

And on the eyes oppress’d with night, 

To pour celestial day. 

5 He comes, the broken heart to bind, 

The bleeding soul to cure, 

And with the treasures of his grace, 

T’ enrich the humble poor. 

6 Our glad Hosannas , Prince of Peace, 

Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 

And heaven’s eternal arches ring 
With thy beloved name. 

HYMN 42. III. 3. 

H AIL!thou long-expected Jesus, 

Bom to set thy people free ! 

From our sms and fears release us, 

Let us find our rest in thee. 

2 Israel’s strength and consolation, 

Hope of all the saints, thou art; 


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Long desired of every nation, 

Joy of every waiting heart. 

3 Born thy people to deliver, 

Born a child, yet God our King, 

Born to reign in us for ever, 

Now thy gracious kingdom bring. 

4 By thine own eternal Spirit 

Rule in all our hearts alone; 

By thine all-sufficient merit 
Raise us to thy glorious throne. 

CHRISTMAS. 

HYMN 43. C.M. 

Luke ii. 8—15. 

W HILE shepherds watch’d their flocks by night, 

All seated on the ground, 

The angel of the Lord came down, 

And glory shone around. 

2 “ Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread 
Had seized their troubled mind ; 

“ Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
To you, and all mankind. 

3 “ To you, in David’s town, this day 
Is born, of David’s line, 

The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, 

And this shall be the sign: 

4 “ The heavenly babe you there shall find, 

To human view display’d, 

All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, 

And in a manger laid.” 

5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
Appear’d a shining throng 
Of angels, praising God, who thus 
Address’d their joyful song: 

6 u All glory be to God on high, 

And to the earth be peace; 

Good-will, henceforth, from heaven to men, 

Begin and never cease.” 

HYMN 44. C.M. 

W HILE angels thus, O Lord, rejoice, 

Shall men no anthem raise ? 

O may we lose these useless tongues, 

When we forget to praise. 

2 Then let us swell responsive notes 
And join the heavenly throng; 

For angels no such love have known 
As we, to wake their song. 


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3 Good-will to sinful dust is shown. 

And peace on earth is given; 

For lo ! th’ incarnate Saviour comes, 

With news of joy from heaven. 

4 Mercy and truth, with sweet accord, 

His rising beams adorn ; 

Let heaven and earth in concert sing, 

“ The promised child is born !” 

5 Glory to God, in highest strains, 

By highest worlds is paid ; 

Be glory, then, by us proclaim’d, 

And by our lives display’d; 

6 Till we attain those blissful realms, 

Where now our Saviour reigns; 

To rival these celestial choirs 
Tn their immortal strains. 

HYMN 45. III. 1. 

H ARK ! the herald angels sing, 

Glory to the new-born King, 

Peace on earth, and mercy mild; 

God and sinners reconciled. 

2 Joyful all ye nations rise, 

Join the triumph of the skies; 

With the angelic hosts proclaim 
Christ is born in Bethlehem ! 

3 Christ, by highest heaven adored, 

Christ, the everlasting Lord, 

Late in time behold him come, 

Offspring of the Virgin’s womb. 

4 Veil’d in flesh, the Godhead see : 

Hail th’ incarnate Deity, 

Pleased, as man, with man to dwell; 

Jesus, now Emanuel! 

5 Risen with healing in his wings, 

Light and life to all he brings ; 

Hail the Sun of righteousness ! 

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! 

HYMN 46. 

QJHOUT the glad tidings, exultingly sing; 

*5 Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 

1 Sion, the marvellous story be telling, 

The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth! 
The brightest archangel in glory excelling, 

He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth. 
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; 

Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 


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2 Tell how he cometh; from nation to nation, 

The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round; 

How free to the faithful he offers salvation, 

How his people with joy everlasting are crown’d 
Chorus. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; 

Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 

3 Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing, 

And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise; 

Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing; 

One chorus resound through the earth and the skies: 
Chorus . Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; 

Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King J 

HYMN. 47. C.M. 

Isaiah ix. 2—7. 

T HE race that long in darkness pined, 

Have seen a glorious light; 

The people now behold the dawn, 

Who dwelt in death and night. 

2 To hail thy rising,Sun of life, 

The gathering nations come; 

Joyous as when the reapers bear 
Their harvest treasures home. 

3 For thou our burden hast removed; 

Th’ oppressor’s reign is broke; 

Thy fiery conflict with the foe 
Has burst his cruel yoke. 

4 To us the promised Child is born j 
To us the Son is given ; 

Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 

And all the hosts of heaven. 

5 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 

For evermore adored; 

The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 

The mighty God and Lord. 

6 His power increasing still shall spread, 

His reign no end shall know ; 

Justice shall guard his throne above, 

And peace abound below. 


END OF THE YEAR. 


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HYMN 48. C.M. 

T IME hastens on ; ye longing saints, 
Now raise your voices high; 

And magnify that sovereign love 
Which shows salvation nigh. 


As time departs salvation comes; 

Each moment brings it near: 
Then welcome each declining day, 
Welcome each closing year. 


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3 Not many years their course shall run, 

Not many mornings rise, 

Ere all its glories stand reveal’d 
To our transported eyes. 

H Y M N 49. C. M. 

St. Luke xiii. 6—9. 

S EE, in the vineyard of the Lord, 

A barren fig-tree stands; 

No fruit it yields, no blossom bears, 
Though planted byHis hands. 

2 From year to year the tree He views 
And still no fruit is found; 

Then “Cutit down,” the Lord commands, 
u Why cumbers it the ground ?” 

3 But lo ! the gracious Saviour pleads; 
u The barren fig-tree spare, 

Another year in mercy wait, 

It yet may bloom and bear: 

4 “ But if my culture prove in vain, 

And still no fruit be found, 

I plead no more ; destroy the tree, 

And root it from thy ground.” 


NEW-YEAR. 


HYMN 50. L.M. 


T HE God of life, whose constant care 

With blessings crowns each opening year, 
My scanty span doth still prolong, 

And wakes anew mine annual song. 

2 How many precious souls are fled 
To the vast regions of the dead, 

Since to this day the changing sun 
Through his last yearly period run ! 

3 We yet survive; but who can say, 

“ Or through this year, or month, or day, 

I shall retain this vital breath, 

Thus far, at least, in league with death ?” 

4 That breath is thine, eternal God ; 

J T is thine to fix my soul’s abode; 

It holds its life from thee alone, 

On earth, or in the world unknown. 

5 To thee our spirits we resign, 

Make them and own them still as thine; 

So shall they live secure from fear, 

Though death should blast the rising year : 

6 Thy children, panting to be gone, 

May bid the tide of time roll on, 

To land them on that happy shore, 

Where years and death are known no more. 


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7 No more fatigue, no more distress, 

Nor sin, nor hell, shall reach that place; 
No groans, to mingle with the songs 
Resounding from immortal tongues: 

8 No more alarms from ghostly foes ; 

No cares to break the long repose; 

No midnight shade, no clouded sun, 

But sacred, high, eternal noon. 

9 O, long-expected year ! begin ; 

Dawn on this world of woe and sin ; 

Fain would we leave this weary road, 

To sleep in death, and rest with God. 

H Y M N 51. 0. M. 

A S o’er the past my memory strays, 
Why heaves the secret sigh ? 

’T is that I mourn departed days, 

Still unprepared to die. 

2 The world and worldly things beloved, 
My anxious thoughts employ’d ; 

And time unhallow’d, unimproved, 
Presents a fearful void. 

3 Yet, holy Father, wild despair 

Chase from my labouring breast; 

Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer 
That grace can do the rest. 

4 My life’s brief remnant all be thine; 

And when thy sure decree 
Bids me this fleeting breath resign, 

O speed my soul to Thee. 

epiphany. 

HYMN 52. S.M. 

Isaiah lii. 7—10. 

H OW beauteous are their feet 
Who stand on Zion’s hill; 

Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
And words of peace reveal. 

2 How charming is their voice: 

How sweet their tidings are: 

“ Sion, behold thy Saviour-King, 

He reigns and triumphs here.” 

3 How happy are our ears 

That hear this joyful sound. 

Which kings and prophets waited for, 
And sought, but never found. 

4 How blessed are our eyes 

That see this heavenly light! 

Prophets and kings desired it long, 

But died without the sight. 


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5 The watchmen join their voice, 

And tuneful notes employ; 

Jerusalem breaks forth in songs. 

And deserts learn the joy. 

6 The Lord makes bare his arm 

Through all the earth abroad: 

Let every nation now behold 
Their Saviour and their God. 

HYMN 53. II. 5. 

Isaiah lx. &c. 

R ISE, crown’d with light, imperial Salem,rise: 

Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes : 
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, 

And break upon thee in a flood of day. 

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn, 

See future sons and daughters yet unborn, 

In crowding ranks oneveryside arise, 

Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 

3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, 

Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend: 

See thy bright altars throng’d with prostrate kings, 
While every land its joyous tribute brings. 

4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, 
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; 

But fix’d his word, his saving power remains ; 

Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns. 

HYMN 54. II. 6. 

Psalm lxxii. 

H AIL to the Lord’s Anointed, 

Great David’s greater Son; 

Hail, in the time appointed, 

His reign on earth begun! 

He comes to break oppression. 

To set the captive free, 

To take away transgression, 

And rule in equity. 

2 He comes with succour speedy, 

To those who suffer wrong, 

To help the poor and needy, 

And bid the weak be strong; 

To give them songs for sighing, 

Their darkness turn to light, 

Whose souls, condemn’d and dying, 

Were precious in his sight. 

3 He shall descend like showers 
Upon the fruitful earth; 

And love and joy, like flowers, 

Spring in his path to birth: 


HYMNS. 


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Before him, on the mountains, 

Shall peace, the herald, go; 

And righteousness, in fountains, 

From hill to valley flow. 

4 To him shall prayer unceasing, 

And daily vows ascend ; 

His kingdom still, increasing, 

A kingdom without end: 

The tide of time shall never 
His covenant remove; 

His Name shall stand for ever: 

That Name to us is Love. 

HYMN 55. C.M. 

Isaiah ii. 2 —- 5 . 

O ’ER mountain-tops the mount of God 
In latter days shall rise, 

Above the summit of the hills, 

And draw the wondering eyes. 

2 To this the joyful nations round, 

All tribes and tongues,shall flow; 

Up to the mount of God, they ’ll say, 

And to his house we ’ll go. 

3 The beams that shine from Sion’s hill 
Shall lighten every land, 

The King who reigns in Salem’s towers 
Shall all the world command. 

4 Among the nations he shall judge ; 

His judgments truth shall guide: 

His sceptre shall protect the just, 

And crush the sinner’s pride. 

5 For peaceful implements shall men 
Exchange their swords and spears; 

Nor shall they study war again 
Throughout those happy years. 

6 Come, O ye house of Jacob ! come 
To worship at his shrine; 

And, walking in the light of God, 

With holy graces shine. 

LENT. 

HYMN 56. III. 1. 

Litany. 

S AVIOUR, when in dust, to thee, 
Low we bow th’ adoring knee; 
When, repentant, to the skies 
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes; 

O, by all thy pains and wo, 

Suffer’d once for man below, 

Bending from thy throne on high, 
Hear our solemn litany. 


HYMNS. 


2 By thy birth and early years, 

By thy human griefs and fears, 

By thy fasting and distress 

In the lonely wilderness, 

By thy victory in the hour 
Of the subtle tempter’s power; 

Jesus, look with pitying eye; 

Hear our solemn litany. 

3 By thine hour of dark despair, 

By thine agony of prayer, 

By the purple robe of scorn, 

By thy wounds, thy crown of thorn, 
By thy cross, thy pangs and cries, 
By thy perfect sacrifice ; 

Jesus, look with pitying eye; 

Hear our solemn litany. 

4 By thy deep expiring groan, 

By the seal’d sepulchral stone, 

By thy triumph o’er the grave, 

By thy power from death to save; 
Mighty God, ascended Lord, 

To thy throne in heaven restored, 
Prince and Saviour, hear our cry, 
Hear our solemn litany. 

HYMN 57. L. M. 

M Y God, permit me not to be 

A stranger to myself and thee: 
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, 
Forgetful of my highest love. 

2 Why should my passions mix with earth, 
And thus debase my heavenly birth? 

Why should I cleave to things below, 

And all my purest joys forego ? 

3 Call me away from flesh and sense; 

Thy grace, O Lord, can draw me thence: 
I would obey the voice divine, 

And all inferior joys resign. 


HYMN 58. C. M. 


A LAS, what hourly dangers rise, 
What snares beset my way; 

To heaven, O let me lift mine eyes, 

And hourly watch and pray. 

2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain, 
And melt in flowing tears : 

My weak resistance, ah, how vain, 

How strong my foes and fears. 



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3 O gracious God, in whom I live, 

My feeble efforts aid; 

Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, 
Though trembling and afraid. 

4 Increase my faith, increase my hope, 

When foes and fears prevail; 

And bear my fainting spirit up, 

Or soon my strength will fail. 

5 Whene’er temptations fright my heart, 

Or lure my feet aside, 

My God, thy powerful aid impart, 

My guardian and my guide. 

6 O keep me in thy heavenly way, 

And bid the tempter flee; 

And let me never, never strav 
From happiness and thee. 


HYMN 59. C.M. 


H OW oft, alas ! this wretched heart 
Has wander’d from the Lord: 
How oft my roving thoughts depart, 
Forgetful of his word. 

2 Yet sovereign mercy calls, “Return;” 
Dear Lord, and may I come ? 

My vile ingratitude I mourn; 

0,take the wanderer home. 

3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive, 
And bid my crimes remove ? 

And shall a pardon’d rebel live 
To speak thy wondrous love ? 

4 Almighty grace, thy healing power, 
How glorious, how divine; 

That can to life and bliss restore 
So vile a heart as mine. 


5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, 
Dear Saviour, I adore: 

O keep me at thy sacred feet, 

And let me rove no more. 


HYMN 60. L.M. 

O THOU, to whose all-searching sight 
The darkness shineth as the light, 
Search, prove my heart; it looks to thee, 
O burst its bonds, and set it free. 

2 Wash out its stains, remove its dross, 

Bind my affections to the cross; 

Hallow each thought, let all within 
Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean. 

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HYMNS. 


3 If in this darksome wild I stray, 

Be thou my light, be thou my way; 

No foes, no violence I fear, 

No harm, while thou, my God, art near* 

4 When rising floods my soul overflow, 

When sinks my heart in waves of wo, 

Jesus, thy timely aid impart, 

And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 

5 Saviour, where’er thy steps I see, 

Dauntless, untired, I follow thee: 

O let thy hand support me still, 

And lead me to thy holy hill. See Hymns on Repentance. 

PASSION WEEK AND GOOD FRIDAY. 

HYMN 61. III. 4. 

Isaiah lxiii. 1—4. 

W HO is this that comes from Edom, 

All his raiment stain’d with blood, 

To the captive speaking freedom, 

Bringing and bestowing good; 

Glorious in the garb he wears, 

Glorious in the spoil he bears ? 

2 ’T is the Saviour, now victorious, 

Travelling onward in his might; 

’T is the Saviour, O how glorious 
To his people is the sight! 

Satan conquer’d, and the grave, 

Jesus now is strong to save. 

3 Why that blood his raiment staining ? 

’T is the blood of many slain ; 

Of his foes there’s none remaining, 

None, the contest to maintain: 

Fall’n they are, no more to rise, 

All their glory prostrate lies. 

4 Mighty Victor! reign for ever, 

Wear the crown so dearly won ; 

Never shall thy people, never, 

Cease to sing what thou hast done : 

Thou hast fought thy people’s foes; 

Thou hast heal’d thy people’s woes. 

HYMN 62. L.M. 

W HEN I survey the wondrous cross, 

On which the Prince of Glory died, 

My richest gain I count but loss, 

And pour contempt on all my pride. 

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 

Save in the cross of Christ my God: 

All the vain things that charm me most, 

I sacrifice them to thy blood. 


HYMNS. 

3 See! from his head, his hands, his feet, 

Sorrow and love flow mingled down: 
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet? 

Or thorns compose a Saviour’s crown? 

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 

That were a tribute far too small; 
Love so amazing, so divine, 

Demands my life, my soul, my all. 


HYMN 63. C.M. 


B EHOLD the Saviour of mankind 
Nail’d to the shameful tree; 
How vast the love that him inclined 
To bleed and die for me ! 


2 Hark, how he groans ! while nature shakes. 
And earth’s strong pillars bend; 

The temple’s veil in sunder breaks, 

The solid marbles rend. 


3 ’T is done ! the precious ransom’s paid; 
“ Receive my soul 1” he cries; 

See where he bows his sacred head! 

He bows his head and dies. 


4 But soon he ’ll break death’s envious cha* 
And in full glory shine; 

O Lamb of God, was ever pain, 

Was ever love like thine ! 


HYMN 64. C.M. 

M Y Saviour hanging on the tree, 

In agonies and blood, 
Methought once turn’d his eyes on me, 
As near his cross I stood. 

2 Sure, never till my latest breath 
Can I forget that look; 

It seem’d to charge me with his death, 
Though not a word he spoke. 

3 My conscience felt and own’d the guilt, 
And plunged me in despair; 

I saw my sins his blood had spilt, 

And help’d to nail him there. 

4 Alas ! I knew not what I did; 

But now my tears are vain: 

Where shall my trembling soul be hid ? 
For I the Lord have slain. 

5 A second look he gave, which said, 

“ I freely all forgive; 

This blood is for thy ransom paid, 

I die that thou may’st live.” 


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6 Thus, while his death my sin displays 
In all its blackest hue— 

Such is the mystery of grace— 

It seals my pardon too. 

HYMN 65. C.M. 

F 5R0M whence these direful omens round. 

Which heaven and earth amaze ? 
Wherefore do earthquakes cleave the ground ? 
Why hides the sun his rays ? 

2 Well may the earth astonish’d shake, 

And nature sympathize ; 

The sun as darkest night be black: 

Their Maker, Jesus, dies ! 

3 Behold, fast streaming from the tree, 

His all-atoning blood! 

Is this the Infinite ? ’t is He, 

My Saviour and my God ! 

4 For me these pangs his soul assail, 

For me this death is borne; 

My sins gave sharpness to the nail, 

And pointed every thorn. 

5 Let sin no more my soul enslave, 

Break, Lord, its tyrant chain ; 

O save me, whom thou cam’st to save, 

Nor bleed, nor die in vain. 

HYMN 66. L. M. 

St. John xix. 30. 

>miS finish’d ; so the Saviour cried, 

J3_ And meekly bow’d his head and died - 
’T is finish’d : yes, the work is done, 

The battle fought, thevictorywon. 

2 ’T is finish’d : all that, heaven decreed, 

And all the ancient prophets said, 

Is now fulfill’d, as long design’d, 

In me, the Saviour of mankind. 

3 ’T is finish’d: Aaron now no more 
Must stain his robes with purple gore: 

The sacred veil is rent in twain, 

And Jewish rites no more remain. 

4 ’T is finish’d: this my dying groan, 

Shall sins of every kind atone: 

Millions shall be redeem’d from death, 

By this, my last expiring breath. 

5 ’T is finish’d : heaven is reconciled, 

And all the powers of darkness spoil’d: 

Peace, love, and happiness, again 
Return and dwell with sinful men. 


HYMNS. 


6 ’T is finish’d: let the joyful sound 
Be heard through all the nations round: 

’Tis finish’d: let the echo fly 

Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. 

HYMN 67. L. M. 

For the Jews. 

H IGH on the bending willows hung, 

Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string ? 

Still mute remains the sullen tongue, 

And Sion’s song denies to sing ? 

2 Awake! thy loudest raptures raise, 

Let harp and voice unite their strains: 

Thy promised King his sceptre sways; 

Behold, thy own Messiah reigns. 

3 By foreign streams no longer roam, 

And, weeping, think on Jordan’s flood; 

In every clime behold a home; 

In every temple see thy God. 

4 No taunting foes the song require; 

No strangers mock thy captive chain; 

Thy friends provoke the silent lyre, 

And brethren ask the holy strain. 

5 Then why on bending willows hung, 

Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string ? 

Why mute remains the sullen tongue, 

And Sion’s song delays to sing 1 

EASTER. 

HYMN 68. C. M. 

1 Cor. v. 8.—Rom. vi. 9, 10, 11. 

S INCE Christ our Passover is slain, 

A sacrifice for all, 

Let all, with thankful hearts, agree 
To keep the festival: 

2 Not with the leaven, as of old, 

Of sin and malice fed ; 

But with unfeign’d sincerity, 

And truth’s unleaven’d bread. 

3 Christ being raised by power divine, 

And rescued from the grave, 

Shall die no more; death shall on him 
No more dominion have. 

4 For that he died, ’twas for our sins 
He once vouchsafed to die; 

But that he lives, he lives to God 
For all eternity. 

5 So count yourselves as dead to sin, 

But graciously restored, 

And made, henceforth, alive to God 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


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HYMN 69. *111.1. 

C HRIST the Lord is risen to-day, 

Sons of men and angels say: 

Raise your joys and triumphs high, 

Sing,ye heavens, and earth reply. 

2 Love’s redeeming work is done, 

Fought the fight, the victory won: 

Jesus’ agony is o’er, 

Darkness veils the earth no more. 

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 

Christ has burst the gates of hell; 

Death in vain forbids him rise, 

Christ hath open’d paradise. 

4 Soar we now where Christ hath led, 

Following our exalted Head; 

Made like him, like him we rise; 

Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 

HYMN 70. L.M. 

Col. iii. 1, 2. 

Y E faithful souls who Jesus know, 

If risen indeed with him ye are, 
Superior to the joys below, 

His resurrection’s power declare: 

2 Your faith by holy tempers prove, 

By actions show your sins forgiven, 

And seek the glorious things above, 

And follow Christ,your Head, to heaven. 

3 There your exalted Saviour see, 

Seated at God’s right hand again, 

In all his Father’s majesty, 

In everlasting power to reign. 

4 To him continually aspire, 

Contending for your destined place, 

And emulate the angel choir, 

And only live to love and praise. 

HYMN 71. C.M. 

1 Cor. xv. 20, 21, 22.—Col. iii. 1. 

C HRIST from the dead is raised, and made 
The First-Fruits of the tomb; 

For, as by man came death, by man 
Did resurrection come. 

2 For, as in Adam all mankind 
Did guilt and death derive; 

So, by the righteousness of Christ, 

Shall all be made alive. 

3 If then ye risen are with Christ, 

Seek only how to get 

The things which are above, where Christ 
At God’s right hand is set. 


HYMNS. 


ASCENSION, 

HYMN 72. L.M. 


H E dies, the Friend of sinners dies: 

Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around; 
A solemn darkness veils the skies; 

A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 

2 Ye saints, approach, the anguish view 
Of him who groans beneath your load; 

He gives his precious life for you. 

For you he sheds his precious blood. 

3 Here’s love and grief beyond degree, 

The Lord of Glory dies for men; 

But lo! what sudden joys we see, 

Jesus, the dead, revives again. 

4 The rising God forsakes the tomb; 

Up to his Father’s court he flies; 

Cherubic legions guard him home, 

And shout him welcome to the skies. 

5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
How high our great Deliverer reigns; 

Sing how he spoil’d the hosts of hell, 

And led the tyrant death in chains. 

6 Say, “ Live for ever, glorious King, 

Born to redeem, instruct, and save!” 

Then ask—“O death, where is thy stinn ? 
And where thy victory, O grave?” 

HYMN 73. L.M. 


O UR Lord is risen from the dead, 

Our Jesus is gone up on high; 

The powers of hell are captive led, 
Dragg’d to the portals of the sky. 

2 There his triumphal chariot waits, 

And angels chant the solemn lay: 

“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 

Ye everlasting doors, give way.” 

3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 

And wide unfold the radiant scene ; 

He claims those mansions as his right; 
Receive the King of Glory in. 

4 “Who is the King of Glory, who?” 

The Lord that all his foes o’ercame, 
The world, sin, death, and hell o’erthrew; 
And Jesus is the conqueror’s name. 

5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, 

And angels chant the solemn lay, 

“ Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 
Ye everlasting doors, give way.” 


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HYMNS. 


6 “ Who is the King of Glory, who ?” 

The Lord of boundless power possess’d, 
The King of saints and angels too, 

God over all, for ever bless’d. 


WHITSUNDAY. 


HYMN 74. C. M. 


C OMB, Holy Ghost, Creator come 
Inspire these souls of thine; 

Till every heart which thou hast made, 
Be fill’d with grace divine. 

2 Thou art the Comforter, the gift 
Of God, and fire of love; 

The everlasting spring of joy, 

And unction from above. 

3 Thy gifts are manifold, thou writ’st 
God’s law in each true heart; 

The promise of the Father, thou 
Dost heavenly speech impart. 

4 Enlighten our dark souls, till they 
Thy sacred love embrace; 

Assist our minds, by nature frail, 

With thy celestial grace. 

5 Drive far from us the mortal foe, 

And give us peace within; 

That, by thy guidance blest, we may 
Escape the snares of sin. 

6 Teach us the Father to confess, 

And Son, from death revdved, 

And thee, with both, O Holy Ghost, 
Who art from both derived. 


HYMN 75. C.M. 

C OME, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, 
With all thy quickening powers; 
Kindle a flame of sacred love 
In these cold hearts of ours. 


2 See how we grovel here below, 

Fond of these earthly toys: 

Our souls, how heavily they go, 

To reach eternal joys. 

3 In vain we tune our lifeless songs, 

In vain we strive to rise: 
Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
And our devotion dies. 

4 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, 

With all thy quickening powers; 
Come, shed abroad a Saviour’s love, 
And that shall kindle ours. 


HYMNS. 


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H Y M N 76. C. M. 

H E ’S come, let every knee be bent, 
All hearts new joy resume; 

Sing, ye redeem’d, with one consent, 

“ The Comforter is come.” 

2 What greater gift, what greater love, 
Could God on man bestow ? 

Angels for this rejoice above, 

Let man rejoice below. 

3 Hail, blessed Spirit! may each soul 
Thy sacred influence feel; 

Do thou each sinful thought control, 

And fix our wavering zeal. 

4 Thou to the conscience dost convey 

Those checks which we should know; 
Thy motions point to us the way; 

Thou giv’st us strength to go. * 


TRINITY SUNDAY. 


HYMN 77. L.M. 


O HOLY, holy, holy Lord, 

Bright in thy deeds and in thy Name, 
For ever be thy Name adored, 

Thy glories let the world proclaim 
2 O Jesus, Lamb once crucified 

To take our load of sins away, 

Thine be the hymn that rolls its tide 
Along the realms of upper day. 

3 O Holy Spirit from above, 

In streams of light and glory given, 

Thou source of ecstasy and love, 

Thy praises ring through earth and heaven. 
4 O God triune, to thee we owe 

Our every thought, our every song; 

And ever may thy praises flow 

From saint and seraph’s burning tongue. 


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HYMN 78. L.M. 

F ATHER of all, whose love profound 
A ransom for our souls hath found, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend; 

To us thy pardoning love extend. 
Almighty Son, incarnate Word, 

Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend; 

To us thy saving grace extend. 

Eternal Spirit, by whose breath 
The soul is raised from sin and death. 
Before thy throne we sinners bend; 

To us thy quickening power extend. 


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4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son, 
Mysterious Godhead, Three in One! 
Before thy throne we sinners bend; 
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. 


HYMN 79. II. 4. 


W E give immortal praise 

To God the Father’s love, 
For all our comforts here, 

And all our hopes above: 

He sent his own 
Eternal Son 
To die for sins 

That man had done. 


2 To God the Son belongs 

Immortal glory too, 

Who save$ us by his blood 
From everlasting wo: 

And now he lives, 

And now he reigns, 
And sees the fruit 
Of all his pains. 

3 To God the Spirit, praise 

And endless worship give, 
Whose new-creating power 
Makes the dead sinner live: 
His work completes 
The great design, 

And fills the soul 
With joy divine. 

4 Almighty God, to thee 

Be endless honours done; 
The sacred Persons Three, 
The Godhead only One; 
Where reason fails 
With all her powers, 
There faith prevails, 

And love adores. 


FAST-DAY. 

HYMN 80. C. M. 

A LMIGHTY Lord, before thy throne 
Thy mourning people bend : 

*T is on the pardoning grace alone, 

Our prostrate hopes depend. 

Dark judgments, from thy heavy hand, 
Thy dreadful power display; 

Yet mercy spares our guilty land, 

And still we live to pray. 


HYMNS. 


3 How changed, alas ! are truths divine, 

For error, guilt, and shame; 

What impious numbers, bold in sin, 
Disgrace the Christian name. 

4 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord, 

Convert us by thy grace; 

Then shall our hearts obey thy word, 
And see again thy face. 

5 Then, should oppressing foes invade, 

We will not sink in fear; 

Secure of all-sufficient aid, 

When God, our God, is near. 


HYMN 81. III. 3. 


D READ Jehovah, God of nations } 
From thy temple in the skies, 
Hear thy people’s supplications, 

Now for their deliverance rise: 


2 Lo! with deep contrition turning, 

Humbly at thy feet we bend; 

Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning, 

Hear us, spare us, and defend. 

3 Though our sins, our hearts confounding. 

Long and loud for vengeance call, 
Thou hast mercy more abounding, 

Jesus’ blood can cleanse them all. 


4 Let that love veil our transgression, 
Let that blood our guilt efface: 
Save thy people from oppression, 
Save from spoil thy holy place. 


H Y M N 82. L. M. 

Prayer and Hope of Victory. 

N OW may the God of grace and power 
Attend his people’s humble cry; 
Defend them in the needful hour, 

And send deliverance from on high. 

2 In his salvation is our hope; 

And in the Name of Israel’s God, 

Our troops shall lift their banners up, 

Our navies spread their flags abroad. 

3 Some trust in horses train’d for war, 

And some of chariots make their boasts; 
Our surest expectations are 

From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts. 
4 Then save us, Lord, from slavish fear, 

And let our trust be firm and strong, 
Till thy salvation shall appear, 

And hymns of peace conclude our song. 


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THANKSGIVING-DAY. 


HYMN 83. 


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PART I. III. 2. 

P RAISE to God, immortal praise, 

For the love that crowns our days 
Bounteous source of every joy, 

Let thy praise our tongues employ: 

All to thee, our God, we owe, 

Source whence all our blessings flow. 

All the blessings of the fields, 

All the stores the garden yields, 

Flocks that whiten all the plain, 

Yellow sheaves of ripen’d grain: 

Lord, for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 

Clouds that drop their fattening dews, 
Suns that genial warmth diffuse, 

All the plenty summer pours, 

Autumn’s rich o’erflowing stores: 

Lord, for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 

Peace, prosperity, and health, 

Private bliss and public wealth, 
Knowledge, with its gladdening streams, 
Pure religion’s holier beams: 

Lord, for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


PART II. 

5 Y et, should rising whirlwinds tear 
From its stem the ripening ear; 
Though the sickening flock should fall, 
And the herd desert the stall: 

Still to thee our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 

6 Should thine alter’d hand restrain 
The early and the latter rain, 

Blast each opening bud of joy, 

And the rising year destroy : 

Still to thee our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 

7 Life and grace, whate’er our wo, 

Still to thee, our God, we owe; 

Though of earthly hopes bereft, 

Yet our hope of heaven is left; 

And for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 



HYMN 84. C.M. 
OUNTAIN of mercy, God of love, 
How rich thy bounties are : 


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The rolling seasons, as they move, 

Proclaim thy constant care. 

2 When in the bosom of the earth 

The sower hid the grain, 

Thy goodness marked its secret birth. 

And sent the early rain. 

3 The spring’s sweet influence, Lord, was thine, 

The plants in beauty grew; 

Thou gav’st the summer’s suns to shine, 

The mild refreshing dew. 

4 These various mercies from above 

Matured the swelling grain ; 

A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 

And plenty fills the plain. 

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway: 

Thy hand all nature hails; 

Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, 

Summer nor winter fails. 

HYMN 85. L.M. 

For Public Mercies and Deliverances. 

S ALVATION doth to God belong, 

His power and grace shall be our song; 
From him alone all mercies flow, 

His arm alone subdues the foe. 

2 Then praise this God, who bows his ear 
Propitious to his people’s prayer; 

And though deliverance he may stay, 

Yet answers still in his own day. 

3 O may this goodness lead our land, 

Still saved by thine Almighty hand, 

The tribute of its love to bring 
To thee, our Saviour and our King: 

4 Till every public temple raise 
A song of triumph to thy praise; 

And every peaceful, private home, 

To thee a temple shall become. 

5 Still be it our supreme delight 
To walk as in thy glorious sight, 

Still in thy precepts and thy fear, 

Till life’s last hour, to persevere. 


VII. ORDINANCES AND SPECIAL. OCCASIONS 

BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 

HYMN 86. III. 3. 

S AVIOUR, who thy flock art feeding, 

With the shepherd’s kindest care, 

All the feeble gently leading, 

While the lambs thy bosom share; 



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2 Now, these little ones receiving, 

Fold them in thy gracious arm; 

There, we know, thy word believing, 
Only there, secure from harm. 

3 Never, from thy pasture roving, 

Let them be the Lion’s prey; 

Let thy tenderness, so loving, 

Keep them all life’s dangerous way: 

4 Then, within thy fold eternal, 

Let them find a resting-place ; 

Feed in pastures ever vernal, 

Drink the rivers of thy grace. 

HYMN 87. S.M. 

T HE gentle Saviour calls 

Our children to his breast; 

He folds them in his gracious arms, 
Himself declares them blest. 

2 “ Let them approach,” he cries, 

“ Nor scorn their humble claim; 

The heirs of heaven are such as these, 

For such as these I came.” 

3 Gladly we bring them, Lord, 

Devoting them to thee, 

Imploring that, as we are thine, 

Thine may our offspring be. 

BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

H Y M N 88. S. M. 

Ephesians vi. 10.13. 

O, OLDIERS of Christ,arise, 
k$ And put your armour on, 

Strong in the strength which God supplies 
Through his eternal Son. 

2 Strong in the Lord of hosts, 

And in his mighty power, 

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 

Is more than conqueror. 

3 Stand then in his great might, 

With all his strength endued; 

And take, to arm you for the fight, 

The panoply of God. 

4 That having all things done, 

And all your conflicts past, 

Ye may behold your victory won, 

And stand complete at last. 



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CONFIRMATION. 

H Y M N 89. L. M. 

O HAPPY day, that stays my choice 
On thee, my Saviour and my God: 
Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 

And tell thy goodness all abroad. 

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows, 

To him who merits all my love; 

Let cheerful anthems fill his house, 

While to his sacred throne I move. 

3 ’T is done, the great transaction’s done; 
Deign, gracious Lord, to make me thine: 
Help me, through grace, to follow on, 

Glad to confess thy voice divine. 

4 Here rest, my oft-divided heart, 

Fix’d on thy God, thy Saviour, rest; 
Who with the world would grieve to part, 
When call’d on angel’s food to feast? 

5 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, 
That vow renew’d shall daily hear, 

Till in life’s latest hour I bow, 

And bless in death a bond so dear. 


HYMN 90. C.M. 


W ITNESS, ye men and angels; now 
Before the Lord we speak; 

To him we make our solemn vow, 

A vow we dare not break: 

2 That, long as life itself shall last, 
Ourselves to Christ we yield ; 

Nor from his cause will we depart, 

Or ever quit the field. 

3 We trust not in our native strength, 

But on his grace rely, 

That, with returning wants, the Lord 
Will all our need supply. 

4 Lord, guide our doubtful feet aright, 

And keep us in thy ways; 

And, while we turn our vows to prayers, 
Turn thou our prayers to praise. 


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HYMN 91. C.M. 


Y OUTH, when devoted to the Lord, 
Is pleasing in his eyes; 

A flower, though offer’d in the bud, 

Is no vain sacrifice. 

’T is easier far if we begin 
To fear the Lord betimes; 

For sinners who grow old in sin 
Are harden’d by their crimes. 


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3 It saves us from a thousand snares 

To mind religion young; 

Grace will preserve our following years, 
And make our virtues strong. 

4 To thee, Almighty God, to thee 

Our hearts we now resign : 

’T will please us to look back and see 
That our whole lives were thine. 

HYMN 92. C.M. 

O IN the morn of life, when youth 
9 With vital ardour glows, 

And shines in all the fairest charms 
That beauty can disclose; 

• 2 Deep in thy soul, before its powers 

Are yet by vice enslaved, 

Be thy Creator’s glorious Name 
And character engraved: 

3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud 
The sunshine of thy days; 

And cares and toils, in endless round, 
Encompass all thy ways; 

4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, 

With vain regret, deplore, 

And sadly muse on former joys, 

That now return no more. 

5 True wisdom, early sought and gain’d, 

In age will give thee rest: 

O then, improve the morn of life, 

To make its evening blest. 

THE LORD’S SUPPER. 

HYMN 93. C.M. 

Rev. v. 9,12,13. 

T HOU, God, all glory, honour, power, 
Art worthy to receive; 

Since all things by thy power were made. 
And by thy bounty live. 

2 And worthy is the Lamb all power, 
Honour, and wealth, to gain, 

Glory and strength ; who for our sins 
A sacrifice was slain. 

3 All worthy thou, who hast redeem’d, 

And ransom’d us to God, 

From every nation, every coast, 

By thy most precious blood. 

4 Blessing and honour, glory, power, 

By all in earth and heaven, 

To Him that sits upon the throne, 

And to the Lamb be given. 


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H Y M N 94. L. M. 


M Y God, and is thy table spread, 

And does thy cup with love o’erflow ? 
Thither be all thy children led, 

And let them thy sweet mercies know. 

2 Hail! sacred feast, which Jesus makes, 

Rich banquet of his flesh and blood: 
Thrice happy he who here partakes 

That sacred stream, that heavenly food. 

3 Why are its bounties all in vain 

Before unwilling hearts display’d? 

Was not for you the victim slain? 

Are you forbid the children’s bread? 

4 O let thy table honour’d be, 

And furnish’d well with joyful guests: 

And may each soul salvation see, 

That here its holy pledges tastes. 

5 Drawn by thy quickening grace, O Lord, 

In countless numbers let them come; 

And gather from their Fathers board, 

The bread that lives beyond the tomb. 

6 Nor let thy spreading Gospel rest, 

Till through the world thy truth has run; 
Till with this bread all men be blest, 

Who see the light or feel the sun. 


H Y M N 95. C. M. 

A ND are we now brought near to God 
Who once at distance stood? 

And, to effect this glorious change, 

Did Jesus shed his blood? 

2 O for a song of ardent praise, 

To bear our souls above: 

What should allay our lively hope, 

Or damp our flaming love? 

3 Then let us join the heavenly choirs, 

To praise our heavenly King: 

O may that love which spread this board, 
Inspire us while we sing: 

4 “Glory to God in highest strains, 

And to the earth be peace; 

Good-will from heaven to men is come, 
And let it never cease.” 

HYMN 96. L.M. 


T O Jesus, our exalted Lord, 

That Name in heaven and earth adored, 
Fain would our hearts and voices raise 
A cheerful song of sacred praise. 

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2 But all the notes which mortals know. 

Are weak, and languishing, and low ; 

Far, far above our humble songs, 

The theme demands immortal tongues. 

3 Yet whilst around his board we meet, 

And worship at his sacred feet, 

O let our warm affections move, 

In glad returns of grateful love. 

4 Yes, Lord, we love, and we adore, 

But long to know and love thee more; 

And, whilst we taste the bread and wine, 

Desire to feed on joys divine. 

5 Let faith our feeble senses aid, 

To see thy wondrous love display’d ; 

Thy broken flesh, thy bleeding veins, 

Thy dreadful agonizing pains. 

6 Let humble, penitential wo, 

With painful, pleasing anguish flow; 

And thy forgiving love impart 
Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 

ORDINATION, OR INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS. 

HYMN 97. L.M. 

St. Matt. X. 

G O forth, ye heralds, in my Name, 

Sweetly the Gospel trumpet sound; 

The glorious jubilee proclaim, 

Where’er the human race is found. 

2 The joyful news to all impart, 

And teach them where salvation lies; 

With care bind up the broken heart, 

And wipe the tears from weeping eyes. 

3 Be wise as serpents, where you go, 

But harmless as the peaceful dove; 

And let your heaven-taught conduct show 
That ye ’re commission’d from above. 

4 Freely from me ye have received, 

Freely, in love, to others give; 

Thus shall your doctrines be believed, 

And, by your labours, sinners live. 

HYMN 98. L.M. 

St. Mark xvi. 15, &c. and St. Matt, xxviii. 18, &c. 

6 6/“'I O, preach my Gospel,” saith the Lord, 
vJT “ Bid the whole earth my grace receive 
Explain to them my sacred word, 

Bid them believe, obey, and live. 

2 “ I ’ll make my great commission known, 

And ye shall prove my gospel true, 

By all the works that I have done. 

And all the wonders ye shall do. 


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3 “ Go, heal the sick, go, raise the dead; 

Go,cast out devils in my Name; 

Nor let my prophets be afraid, 

Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme. 

4 “While thus ye follow my commands, 

I’m with you till the world shall end; 

All power is trusted in my hands, 

I can destroy, and can defend.” 

5 He spake, and light shone round his head; 

On a bright cloud to heaven he rode: 

They to the farthest nations spread 
The grace of their ascended God. 

HYMN 99. L.M. 


T HE Saviour, when to heaven he rose, 
In splendid triumph o’er his foes, 
Scatter’d his gifts on men below, 

And wide his royal bounties flow. 

2 Hence sprang the Apostle’s honour’d, name, 
Sacred beyond heroic fame; 

Hence dictates the Prophetic sage, 

And hence the Evangelic page. 

3 In lower forms, to bless our eyes, 

Pastors from hence and Teachers rise; 
Who, though with feebler rays they shine, 
Still mark a long-extended line: 

4 From Christ their varied gifts derive, 

And, fed by him, their graces live; 

Whilst, guarded by his potent hand, 

Amidst the rage of hell they stand. 

5 So shall the bright Succession run 
Through all the courses of the sun; 

Whilst unborn churches, by their care, 

Shall rise and flourish, large and fair. 

6 Jesus, our Lord, their hearts shall know, 
The spring whence all these blessings flow: 
Pastors and people shout his praise, 
Through the long round of endless days. 
HYMN 100. L.M. 


F ATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, 
Attentive to our earnest prayer; 

We plead for those who plead for thee, 
Successful pleaders may they be. 

2 How great their work, how vast their charge: 
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge: 

Their best acquirements are our gain; 

We share the blessings they obtain. 

3 Clothe, then, with energy divine, 

Their words, and let those words be thine: 


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To them thy sacred truth reveal. 

Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 

4 Teach them to sow the precious seed, 
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed; 
Teach them immortal souls to gain, 

Souls that will well reward their pain. 

5 Let thronging multitudes around, 

Hear from their lips the joyful sound ; 

In humble strains thy grace implore, 

And feel thy new-creating power. 

6 Let sinners break their massy chains, 
Distressed souls forget their pains ; 

Let light through distant realms be spread, 
And Sion rear her drooping head. 


CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 


HYMN 101. L.M. 
ND wilt thou, O Eternal God, 



JfL On earth establish thine abode ? 
Then look propitious from thy throne, 
And take this temple for thine own. 

2 These walls we to thine honour raise, 
Long may they echo in thy praise ; 
And thou, descending, fill the place 
With the rich tokens of thy grace. 

3 Here may the great Redeemer reign, 
With all the graces of his train ; 
While power divine his word attends, 
To conquer foes and cheer his friends. 

4 And in the last decisive day, 

When God the nations shall survey, 
May it before the world appear, 
Thousands were born for glory here. 


MISSIONS. 


HYMN 102. L.M. 

J ESUS shall reign where’er the sun 
Does his successive journeys run; 

His kingdom spread from shore to shore, 
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
2 To him shall endless prayer be made, 
And praises throng to crown his head ; 
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise 
With every morning sacrifice. 

3 People and realms,of every tongue, 

Dwell on his love with sweetest song; 
And infant voices shall proclaim 
Their early blessings on his Name. 


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4 Blessings abound where’er he reigns ; 

The prisoner leaps to burst his chains, 

The weary find eternal rest, 

And all the sons of want are blest. 

5 Where he displays his healing power. 
Death and the curse are known no more: 
In him the tribes of Adam boast 

More blessings than their father lost. 

6 Let every creature rise, and bring, 

Peculiar honours to our King: 

Angels descend with songs again, 

And earth repeat the loud Amen. 

HYMN 103. L.M. 

Psalm cxvii. 

F ROM all that dwell below the skies, 

Let the Creator’s praise arise; 
Jehovah’s glorious Name be sung 
Through every land, by every tcague. 

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, 

And truth eternal is thy Word: 

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
Till suns shall rise and set no more. 


HYMN 104. L.M. 


O SPIRIT of the living God, 

In all thy plenitude of grace, 
Where’er the foot of man hath trod, 
Descend on our apostate race. 

2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love, 

To preach the reconciling word; 

Give power and unction from above, 
Where’er the joyful sound is heard. 

3 Be darkness,at thy coming, light; 
Confusion, order, in thy path; 

Souls without strength inspire with might; 
Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 

4 Convert the nations; far and nigh 
The triumphs of the cross record ; 
TheName of Jesus glorify, 

Till every people call him Lord. 


HYMN 105. II.1. 

For Missions to the New Settlements in the United States. 

T /IT HEN, Lord, to this our western land, 
y \ Led by thy providential hand, 

Our wandering fathers came, 

Their ancient homes, their friends in youth, 
Sent forth the heralds of thy truth, 

To keep them in thy Name. 


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2 Then, through our solitary coast, 

The desert features soon were lost; 

Thy temples there arose; 

Our shores, as culture made them fair, 
Were hallow’d by thy rites, by prayer, 
And blossom’d as the rose. 

3 And O, may we repay this debt 
To regions solitary yet, 

Within our spreading land : 

There, brethren, from our common home, 
Still westward, like our fathers, roam; 
Still guided by thy hand. 

4 Saviour, we own this debt of love: 

O shed thy Spirit from above, 

To move each Christian breast; 

Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim, 

And temples rise to fix thy Name, 
Through all our desert west. 

HYMN 106. C. M. 

Isaiah xxxv. 2. 

O N Sion, and on Lebanon, 

On Carmel’s blooming height, 

On Sharon’s fertile plains, once shone 
The glory, pure and bright: 

2 From thence its mild and cheering ray 
Stream’d forth from land to land ; 

And empires now behold its day; 

And still its beams expand. 

3 Its brightest splendours, darting west, 

Our happy shores illume ; 

Our farther regions, once unblest, 

Now like a garden bloom : 

4 But ah, our deserts deep and wild 
See not this heavenly light; 

No sacred beams, no radiance mild, 

Dispel their dreary night. 

5 Thou, who didst lighten Sion’s hill, 

On Carmel who didst shine, 

Our deserts let thy glory fill, 

Thy excellence divine. 

6 Like Lebanon, in towering pride. 

May all our forests smile ; 

And may our borders blossom wide 
Like Sharon’s fruitful soil. 


HYMN 107. II. 6. 

F ROM Greenland’s icy mountains, 
From India’s coral strand, 
Where Afric’s sunny fountains 
Roll down their golden sand ; 


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From many an ancient river, 

From many a palmy plain, 

They call us to deliver 

Their land from error’s chain. 

2 What though the spicy breezes 

Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s Isle; 

Though every prospect pleases, 

And only man is vile : 

In vain with lavish kindness 
The gifts of God are strown; 

The heathen in his blindness 
Bows down to wood and stone. 

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 

With wisdom from on high; 

Shall we to men benighted 
The lamp of life deny ? 

Salvation, oh, salvation, 

The joyful sound proclaim, 

Till each remotest nation 
Has learnt Messiah’s name. 

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, 

And you, ye waters, roll, 

Till, like a sea of glory, 

It spreads from pole to pole : 

Till o’er our ransom’d nature, 

The Lamb for sinners slain, 

Redeemer, King, Creator, 

In bliss returns to reign. 

HYMN 108. L.M. 

For the Jews. 

D ISOWN’D of heaven, by man oppress’d, 
Outcasts from Sion’s hallow’d ground, 
Wherefore should Israel’s sons, once bless’d, 
Still roam the scorning world around ? 

2 Lord, visit thy forsaken race, 

Back to thy fold the wanderers bring; 

Teach them to seek thy slighted grace, 

And hail in Christ their promised King. 

3 The veil of darkness rend in twain, 

Which hides their Shiloh’s glorious light; 
The sever’d olive branch again 
Firm to its parent-stock unite. 

4 Hail, glorious day, expected long! 

When Jew and Greek one prayer shall pour; 
With eager feet one temple throng, 

With grateful praise one God adore. 


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HYMN 109. IV. 1. 

Rev. xv. 3, 4. 

H OW wondrous and great 

Thy works, God of praise; 
How just, King of saints, 

And true are thy ways : 

O who shall not fear thee, 

And honour thy Nam e : 

Thou only art holy, 

Thou only supreme. 

2 To nations long dark 

Thy light shall be shown ; 
Their worship and vows 
Shall come to thy throne: 

Thy truth and thy judgments 
Shall spread all abroad, 

Till earth’s every people 
Confess thee their God. 


FOR SUNDAY AND CHARITY SCHOOLS. 

HYMN 110. II. 4. 

Children and Congregation. 

Children. OME let our voices join 

\j In one glad song of praise ; 

To God, the God of love, 

Our grateful hearts we raise : 
Congregation. To God alone your praise belongs; 

His love demands your earliest songs. 


Children. 2 Now we are taught to read 
The book of life divine; 

Where our Redeemer’s love, 

And brightest glories shine: 
Congregation. To God alone the praise is due, 

Who sends his word to us and you. 


Children. 3 

Congregation. 
Children. 4 

Congregation. 
Both. 5. 


Within these hallow’d walls, 

Our wandering feet are brought; 
Where prayer and praise ascend, 
And heavenly truths are taught: 
To God alone your offerings bring ; 
Here in his church his praises sing. 
For blessings such as these, 

Our gratitude receive; 

Lord, here accept our hearts, 

’T is all that we can give: 

Great God,accept their infant songs; 
To thee alone their praise belongs. 
Lord, bid this work of love 
Be crown’d with meet success; 





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May thousands yet unborn 
This institution bless: 

Thus shall the praise resound to thee, 
Now, and through all eternity. 


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HYMN 111. III. 1. 

G LORY to the Father give, 

God in whom we move and live; 
Children’s prayers he deigns to hear, 
Children’s songs delight his ear. 

Glory to the Son we bring, 

Christ our Prophet, Priest, and King; 
Children, raise your sweetest strain 
To the Lamb, for he was slain. 

Glory to the Holy Ghost, 

He reclaims the sinner lost; 

Children’s minds may he inspire, 

Touch their tongues with holy fire. 
Glory in the highest be 
To the blessed Trinity, 

For the Gospel from above, 

For the word that “ God is love.” 


HYMN 112. C.M. 

W HEN Jesus left his heavenly throne, 
He chose an humble birth; 

Like us unhonour’d and unknown, 

He came to dwell on earth: 

2 Like him, may we be found below, 

In wisdom’s paths of peace; 

Like him, in grace and knowledge grow, 
As years and strength increase. 

3 Sweet were his words and kind his look, 
When mothers round him press’d; 
Their infants in his arms he took, 

And on his bosom bless’d: 

4 Safe from the world’s alluring harms, 
Beneath his watchful eye, 

O, thus encircled in his arms, 

May we for ever lie. 


HYMN 113. L.M. 

L ORD, how delightful’t is to see 

A whole assembly worship thee: 
At once they sing, at once they pray ; 
They hear of heaven, and learn the way 
2 I have been there, and still would go, 

’T is like a little heaven below; 

Not all that earth and sin can say, 

Shall tempt me to forget this day. 


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3 O write upon my memory,Lord, 

The text and doctrine of thy word, 

That I may break thy laws no more, 

But love thee better than before. 

4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine, 
Pill up this sinful heart of mine ; 

That hoping pardon through his blood, 

I may lie down and wake with God. 

HYMN 114. C. M. 

M ERCY, descending from above, 

In softest accents pleads; 

O may each tender bosom move. 

When mercy intercedes. 

2 Children our kind protection claim, 

And God will well approve, 

When infants learn to lisp his Name, 

And their Creator love. 

3 Delightful work, young souls to win, 

And turn the rising race 
From the deceitful paths of sin, 

To seek their Saviour’s face. 

4 Almighty God, thine influence shed 
To aid this blest design; 

The honour of thy Name be spread, 

And all the glory thine. 

CHARITABLE OCCASIONS. 

HYMN 115. C.M. 

B LEST is the man whose softening heart 
Feels all another’s pain; 

To whom the supplicating eye 
Is never raised in vain : 

2 Whose breast responds with generous warmth. 
A stranger’s wo to feel; 

Who weeps in pity o’er the wound 
He wants the power to heal. 

3 To gentle offices of love 
His feet are never slow ; 

He views, through mercy’s melting eye, 

A brother in a foe. 

4 To him protection shall be shown ; 

And mercy, from above, 

Descend on those who thus fulfil 
The Christian law of love. 

HYMN 116. C.M. 

R ICH are the joys which cannot die, 

With God laid up in store ; 

Treasures beyond the changing sky, 

Brighter than golden ore. 


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2 The seeds which piety and love 

Have scatter’d here below. 

In the fair fertile fields above 
To ample harvests grow. 

3 The mite my willing hands can give, 

At Jesus’ feet I lay; 

Grace shall the humble gift receive, 

Abounding grace repay. 

HYMN 117. III. 3. 

L ORD of life, all praise excelling, 

Thou, in glory unconfined, 

Deign’st to make thy humble dwelling 
With the poor of humble mind. 

2 As thy love, through all creation, 

Beams like thy diffusive light; 

So the high and humble station 
Both are equal in thy sight. 

3 Thus thy care, for all providing, 

Warm’d thy faithful prophet’s tongue : 

Who, the lot of all deciding, 

To thy chosen Israel sung: 

4 When thy harvest yields thee pleasure, 

Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind; 

To the poor belongs the treasure 
Of the scatter’d ears behind : 

Chorus. These thy God ordains to bless, 

The widow and the fatherless. 

5 When thine olive-plants increasing, 

Pour their plenty o’er thy plain, 

Grateful, thou shalt take the blessing, 

But not search the bough again : 

Chorus. These, &c. 

6 When thy favour’d vintage flowing, 

Gladdens thine autumnal scene, 

Own the bounteous hand bestowing, 

But thy vines the poor shall glean. 

Chorus. These, &c. 

7 Still we read thy word declaring 
Mercy, Lord, thine own decree; 

Mercy, every sorrow sharing, 

Warms the heart resembling thee. 

8 Still the orphan and the stranger, 

Still the widow owns thy care ; 

Screen’d by thee in every danger, 

Heard by thee in every prayer. 

Hallelujah , Amen . 


HYMNS. 


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TO BE USED AT SEA. 

HYMN 118. L.M. 

G OD of the seas, thine awful voice 
Bids all the rolling waves rejoice; 
And one soft word of thy command 
Can sink them silent on the sand. 

The smallest fish that swims the seas. 
Sportful, to thee a tribute pays; 

And largest monsters of the deep, 

At thy command, or rage or sleep. 

Thus is thy glorious power adored 
Among the watery nations, Lord: 

Yet men, who trace the dangerous waves, 
Forget the mighty God who saves. 


H Y M N 11 9. IV. 5. 

“Save, Lord, or we perish .” St. Matt. viii. 25. 

W HEN through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, 
When o’er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, 
Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish, 

We fly to our Maker: “ Save, Lord, or we perish.” 

2 O Jesus, once rock’d on the breast of the billow, 

Aroused by the shriek of despair, from thy pillow, 

Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, 

Who cries in his anguish, “ Save, Lord, or we perish.” 

3 And O ! when the whirlwind of passion is raging, 

When sin in our hearts its wild warfare is waging, 

Then send down thy Spirit thy ransom’d to cherish, 

Rebuke the destroyer; “ Save, Lord, or we perish.” 


HYMN 120. C.M. 

Which may be used at Sea or on Land. 

L ORD, for the just thou dost provide, 

Thou art their sure defence; 

Eternal Wisdom is their guide, 

Their help, Omnipotence. 

2 Though they through foreign lands should 10 am, 
And breathe the tainted air 
In burning climates, far from home, 

Yet thou, their God, art there. 

3 Thy goodness sweetens every soil, 

Makes every country please; 

Thou on the snowy hills dost smile, 

And smooth’st the rugged seas. 

4 When waves on waves, to heaven uprear’d, 
Defied the pilot’s art; 

When terror in each face appear’d, 

And sorrow in each heart; 

5 To thee I raised my humble prayer, 

To snatch me from the grave: 




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I found thine ear not slow to hear, 

Nor short thine arm to save. 

6 Thou gav’st the word, the winds did cease. 

The storms obey’d thy will, 

The raging sea was hush’d in peace, 

And every wave was still! 

7 For this, my life, in every state, 

A life of praise shall be ; 

And death, when death shall be my fate, 
Shall join my soul to thee. 

FOR THE SICK. 

HYMN 121. L.M. 

W HEN dangers, woes, or death are nigh, 
Past mercies teach me where to fly : 
Thine arm, Almighty God, can aid, 

When sickness grieves, and pains invade. 

2 To all the various helps of art, 

Kindly thy healing power impart; 

Bethesda’s bath refused to save, 

Unless an angel bless’d the wave. 

3 All med’cines act by thy decree, 

Receive commission all from thee ; 

And not a plant which spreads the plains, 

But teems with health, when heaven ordains. 
4 Clay and Siloam’s pool, we find, 

At heaven’s command restored the blind; 

And Jordan’s waters hence were seen 
To wash a Syrian leper clean. 

5 But grant me nobler favours still, 

Grant me to know and do thy will; 

Purge my foul soul from every stain, 

And save me from eternal pain. 

6 Can such a wretch for pardon sue ? 

My crimes, my crimes arise in view, 

Arrest my trembling tongue in prayer, 

And pour the horrors of despair. 

7 But thou, regard my contrite sighs, 

My tortured breast, my streaming eyes; 

To me thy boundless love extend, 

My God, my Father, and my Friend. 

8 These lovely names I ne’er could plead, 

Had not thy Son vouchsafed to bleed ; 

His blood procures our fallen race 
Admittance to the throne of grace. 

9 When sin has shot its poison’d dart, 

And conscious guilt corrodes the heart, 

His blood is all-sufficient found 
To draw the shaft and heal the wound. 


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10 What arrows pierce so deep as sin? 

What venom gives such pain within ? 

Thou great Physician of the soul, 

Rebuke my pangs, and make me whole 

11 O, if I trust thy sovereign skill, 

And bow submissive to thy will, 

Sickness and death shall both agree 
To bring me, Lord, at last to thee. 

HYMN 122. C.M. 

On Recovery from Sickness. 

W HEN we are raised from deep distress, 
Our God deserves our song; 

We take the pattern of our praise 
From Hezekiah’s tongue. 

2 The gates of the devouring grave 
Are open’d wide in vain, 

If he that holds the keys of death, 
Command them fast again. 

3 When he but speaks the healing word, 

Then no disease withstands; 

Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, 

And fly, as he commands. 

4 If half the strings of life should break, 

He can our frame restore, 

And cast our sins behind his back, 

And they are found no more. 

5 To him I cried, “Thy servant save, 

Thou ever good and just; 

Thy power can rescue from the grave, 

Thy power is all my trust. ” 

6 He heard, and saved my soul from death, 
And dried my falling tears; 

Now to his praise I’ll spend my breath, 
Through my remaining years. 

HYMN 123. L. M. 

On the same. 

M Y God, since thou hast raised me up. 
Thee I ’ll extol with thankful voice; 
Restored by thine Almighty power, 

With fear before thee I ’ll rejoice. 

2 With troubles worn, with pain opprest, 

To thee I cried, and thou didst save; 
Thou didst support my sinking hopes, 

My life didst rescue from the grave. 

3 Wherefore, ye saints, rejoice with me, 

With me sing praises to the Lord; 

Cali all his goodness to your mind, 

And all his faithfulness record. 



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4 His anger is but short: his love, 

Which is our life, hath certain stay, 
Grief may continue for a night, 

But joy returns with rising day. 

5 Then, what I vow’d in my distress, 

In happier hours I now will give, 
And strive that in my grateful verse, 
His praises may for ever live. 

6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The blest and undivided Three; 
The One sole giver of all life, 

Glory and praise for ever be. 


FUNERALS. 


HYMN 124. C.M. 


H EAR what the voice from heaven declares 
To those in Christ who die : 

Released from all their earthly cares, 

They ’ll reign with him on high. 

2 Then why lament departed friends, 

Or shake at death’s alarms ? 

Death’s but the servant Jesus sends 
To call us to his arms. 


3 If sin be pardon’d, we’re secure, 

Death hath no sting beside; 

The law gave sin' its strength and power; 
But Christ, our ransom, died. 

4 The graves of all his saints he bless’d, 

When in the grave he lay; 

And, rising thence, their hopes he raised 
To everlasting day. 

5 Then, joyfully, while life we have, 

To Christ, our life, we ’ll sing, 

“ Where is thy victory, O grave ? 

And where, O death, thy sting ?” 


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HYMN 125. C.M. 


VXrHEN those we love are snatch’d away 
f * By death’s resistless hand, 

_)ur hearts the mournful tribute pay 
That friendship must demand. 


While pity prompts the rising sigh, 
With awful power imprest; 

May this dread truth, “ I too must die,” 
Sink deep in every breast. 

Let this vain world allure no more ; 

Behold the opening tomb; 

It bids us use the present hour, 
To-morrow death may come. 


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4 The voice of this instructive scene 

May every heart obey ; 

Nor be the faithful warning vain 
Which calls to watch and pray. 

5 O let us to that Saviour fly, 

Whose arm alone can save: 

Then shall our hopes ascend on high, 

And triumph o’er the grave. 

HYMN 126. C. M. 

Death of a Young Person. 

H OW short the race our friend has run, 
Cut down in all his bloom : 

The course but yesterday begun, 

Now finish’d in the tomb. 

2 Thou joyous youth, hence learn how soon 
Thy years may end their flight: 

Long, long before life’s brilliant noon 
May come death’s gloomy night. 

3 To serve thy God no longer wait, 

To-day his voice regard ; 

To-morrow, mercy’s open gate 
May be for ever barr’d. 

4 And thus the Lord reveals his grace, 

Thy youthful love to gain : 

The soul that early seeks my face, 

Shall never seek in vain. 


HYMN 127. L.M. * 

Death of an Infant. 

A S the sweet flower that scents the morn, 
Ol But withers in the rising day ; 

Thus lovely was this infant’s dawn, 

Thus swiftly fled its life away. 

2 It died ere its expanding soul 

Had ever burnt with wrong desires, 

Had ever spurn’d at heaven’s control, 

Or ever quench’d its sacred fires. 

3 It died to sin, it died to cares, 

But for a moment felt the rod : 

O mourner, such, the Lord declares, 

Such are the children of our God. 


VIII. INVITATION AND WARNING, 

HYMN 12S. III. 1. 

S INNERS, turn, why will ye die ? 

God, your Maker, asks you why; 
God, who did your being give, 

Made ) T ou with himself to live: 

He the fatal cause demands, 



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Asks the works of his own hands: 
Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
Will ye cross his love, and die ? 

2 Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, your Saviour, asks you why ; 
He, who did your souls retrieve, 
Died himself that ye might live. 
Will you let him die in vain ? 
Crucify your Lord again ? 

Why, ye ransom’d sinners, why 
Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 

3 Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, the Spirit, asks you why ; 

He who all your lives hath strove, 
Woo’d you to embrace his love. 
Will ye not his grace receive ? 

Will ye still refuse to live ? 

O, ye dying sinners, why, 

Why will ye for ever die ? 


HYMN 129. III. 1. 

H ASTEN, sinner, to be wise; 

Stay not for the morrow’s sun: 
Wisdom, if you still despise, 

Harder is it to be won. 


2 Hasten, mercy to implore ; 

Stay not for the morrow’s sun ; 
Lest thy season should be o’er, 

Ere this evening’s stage be run. 

3 Hasten, sinner, to return; 

Stay not for the morrow’s sun ; 
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn, 
Ere salvation’s work is done. 


4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest; 

Stay not for the morrow’s sun ; 
Lest perdition thee arrest, 

Ere the morrow is begun. 


HYMN 130. II. 3. 

P EACE, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 
Hath taught each scene the note of wo; 
Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, 

And let thy tears forget to flow: 

Behold, the precious balm is found, 

To lull thy pain, and heal thy wound. 

2 Come, freely come, by sin opprest, 

On Jesus cast thy weighty load; 

In him thy refuge find, thy rest, 

Safe in the mercy of thy God : 

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Thy God’s thy Saviour, glorious word; 

O hear, believe, and bless the Lord. 

HYMN 131. S. M. 

Rev. xxii. 17—20, 

mHE Spirit, in our hearts, 

JL Is whispering, sinner, Come: 

The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims 
To all his children, Come. 

2 Let him that heareth say 

To all about him, Come: 

Let him that thirsts for righteousness 
To Christ, the fountain, come. 

3 Yes, whosoever will, 

O let him freely come. 

And freely drink the stream of life: 

’Tis Jesus bids him come. 

4 Lo, Jesus, who invites, 

Declares, I quickly come. 

Lord! even so; I wait thy hour: 

Jesus, my Saviour, come. 

HYMN 132. C.M. 

Y E humble souls, approach your God 
With songs of sacred praise; 

For he is good, supremely good, 

And kind are all his ways. 

2 All nature owns his guardian care, 

In him we live and move; 

But nobler benefits declare 
The wonders of his love. 

3 He gave his Son, his only Son, 

To ransom rebel worms ; 

’T is here he makes his goodness known 
In its diviner forms. 

4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come, 

’T is here our hope relies ; 

A safe defence, a peaceful home, 

When storms of trouble rise. 

5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, 

The souls who trust in thee; 

Their humble hope thou wilt reward 
With bliss divinely free. 

6 Great God, to thy Almighty love, 

What honours shall we raise ! 

Not all th’ angelic songs above 
Can render equal praise. 



HYMNS. 


IX. 


CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND APPECTIO 

PRAYER. 


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HYMN 133. C.M. 


A PPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat, 
Where Jesus answers prayer; 
There humbly fall be foi e his feet, 

For none can perish there. 

Thy promise is my only plea, 

With this I venture nigh ; 

Thou callest burden’d souls to thee, 

And such, O Lord, am I. 


Bow’d down beneath a load of sin, 
By Satan sorely press’d, 

By war without, and fear within, 

I come to thee for rest. 


Be thou my shield and hiding-place ; 

That, shelter’d near thy side, 

I may my fierce accuser face, 

And tell him, “ Thou hast died.” 
Oh, wondrous love, to bleed and die, 
To bear the cross and shame, 

That guilty sinners, such as I, 

Might plead thy gracious Name. 


HYMN 134. C. M. 

P RAYER is the soul’s sincere desire, 
Utter’d or unexpress’d; 

The motion of a hidden fire, 

That trembles in the breast. 


2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, 

The falling of a tear ; 

The upward glancing of an eye. 

When none but God is near. 

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech 

That infant lips can try; 

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach 
The Majesty on high. 

4 Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath, 

The Christian’s native air, 

The watch-word at the gates of death; 
He enters heaven with prayer. 

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner’s voice, 

Returning from his ways; 

While angels in their songs rejoice, 

And cry, “ Behold, he prays !” 

6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one : 

They’re one in word and mind; 
When with the Father and the Son 
Sweet fellowship they find. 


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7 O thou, by whom we come to God, 
The Life,the Truth,the Way, 

The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; 
Lord, teach us how to pray. 


REPENTANCE. 


HYMN 135. L. M. 


O THOU that hear’st when sinners cry, 
Though all my crimes before thee lie, 
Behold them not with angry look, 

But blot their memory from thy book. 

2 Create my nature pure within, 

And form my soul averse to sin : 

Let thy good Spirit ne’er depart, 

Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 

3 I cannot live without thy light, 

Cast out and banish’d from thy sight: 

Thy holy joys, my God, restore, 

And guard me that I fall no more. 

4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 
Thy help and comfort still afford ; 

And let a wretch come near thy throne, 

To plead the merits of thy Son. 

5 A broken heart, my God, my King, 

Is all the sacrifice I bring; 

The God of grace will ne’er despise 
A broken heart for sacrifice. 


6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, 

And owns thy dreadful sentence just; 
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
And save the soul condemn’d to die. 


7 Then will I teach the world thy ways; 
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace : 

I’ll lead them to my Saviour’s blood, 

And they shall praise a pardoning God. 

8 O may thy love inspire my tongue, 

Salvation shall be all my song: 

And all my powers shall join to bless 
The Lord, my strength and righteousness. 

HYMN 136. L. M 

S TAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 

Though I have done thee such despite; 
Nor cast the sinner quite away, 

Nor take thine everlasting flight. 

2 Though I have most unfaithful been, 

And long in vain thy grace received; 

Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, 

Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved: 


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3 Yet, oh, the mourning sinner spare, 

In honour of my great High-priest; 
Nor in thy righteous anger swear, 

T’ exclude me from thy people’s rest. 

4 My weary soul, O God, release; 

Uphold me with thy gracious hand; 
Guide me into thy perfect peace, 

And bring me to the promised land. 

• HYMN 137. L.M. 

O THAT my load of sin were gone, 

» O that I could at last submit 
At Jesus’ feet to lay it down, 

To lay my soul at Jesus’ feet! 

2 Rest for my soul I long to find; 

Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 

Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 

And stamp thine image on my heart. 

3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 

And fully set my spirit free; 

I cannot rest, till pure within, 

Tdll am wholly lost in thee. 

4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God; 
Thy light and easy burden prove, 

The cross, all stain’d with hallow’d blood, 
The labour of thy dying love. 

5 I would, but thou must give the power, 
My heart from every sin release; 

Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
And fill me with thy perfect peace. 

HYMN 138. C.M. 

Penitential Gratitude. 

R ISE, O my soul, the hours review, 
When, awed by guilt and fear, 

To heaven for grace thou durst not sue, 
And found no rescue here. 

2 Thy tears are dried, thy griefs are fled, 
Dispell’d each bitter care; 

For heaven itself has lent its aid 
To save thee from despair. 

3 Hear, then, O God, thy work fulfil, 

And, from thy mercy’s throne, 
Vouchsafe me strength to do thy will, 
And to resist mine own : 

4 So shall my soul each power employ 
Thy mercy to adore ; 

While heaven itself proclaims with joy, 
One pardon’d sinner more. 




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FAITH. 


HYMN 139. III. 2. 

R OCK of Ages, cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in thee; 
Let the water and the blood, 

From thy side, a healing flood, 

Be of sin the double cure, 

Save from wrath, and make me pure. 

2 Should my tears for ever flow, 

Should my zeal no languor know, 
This for sin could not atone, 

Thou must save, and thou alone; 

In my hand no price I bring, 

Simply to thy cross I cling. 

3 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
When mine eyelids close in death, 
When I rise to worlds unknown, 

And behold thee on thy throne, 

Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in thee. 


HYMN 140. L.M. 


F AITH is the Christian’s evidence 
Of things unseen by mortal eye; 
It passes all the bounds of sense, 

And penetrates the inmost sky. 

2 Things absent it can set in view, 

And bring far distant prospects home; 
Events long pass’d it can renew, 

And long foresee the things to come. 

3 With strong persuasion, from afar 
The heavenly regions it surveys, 
Embraces all the blessings there, 

And here enjoys the promises. 

4 By faith a steady course we steer, 

Through ruffling storms and swelling 
O’ercome the world, keep down our fear, 
And still possess our souls in peace. 

5 By faith we pass the vale of tears 

Safe and serene, though oft distress’d ; 
By faith subdue the king of fears, 

And go rejoicing to our rest. 

HYMN 141. C. M. 

Romans viii. 31—34. 

O LET triumphant faith dispel 
The fears of guilt and wo : 

If God be for us, God the Lord, 

Who, who shall be our foe ? 


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2 He who his only Son gave up 

To death, that we might live, 

Shall he not all things freely grant, 

That boundless love can give ? 

3 Who now his people shall accuse ? 

’T is God hath justified: 

Who now his people shall condemn? 

The Lamb of God hath died. 

4 And He who died hath risen again, 

Triumphant from the grave: 

At God’s right hand for us he pleads, 
Omnipotent to save. 

HYMN 142. GM. 

Dead, Faith. 

D ELUDED souls, that dream of heaven, 
And make their empty boast 
Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, 

While they are slaves to lust. 

2 Vain are our fancies, vain our flights, 

If faith be cold and dead; 

None but a living power unites 
To Christ, the living Head. 

3 The faith which new-creates the heart, 

And works by active love, 

Will bid all sinful joys depart, 

And lift the thoughts above. 

4 God from the curse has set us free, 

To make us pure within ; 

Nor did he send his Son to be 
The minister of sin. 

HYMN 143. III. 1. 

Christ our Refuge. 

J ESUS, Saviour of my soul, 

Let me to thy bosom fly, 

While the waves of trouble roll, 

While the tempest still is high: 

Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, 

Till the storm of life is past; 

Safe into the haven guide; 

O receive my soul at last. 

2 Other refuge have I none, 

Hangs my helpless soul on thee : 

Leave, ah, leave me not alone, 

Still support and comfort me: 

All my trust on thee is stay’d, 

All my hope from thee I bring ; 

('"over my defenceless head 
With the shadow of thy wing. 


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HYMN 144. IY.4. 

TITOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 

M Is laid for your faith in his excellent word; 
What more can he say than to you he hath said, 

You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled: 

2 Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismay’d, 

I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; 

I ’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, 
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 

3 When through the deep waters I call thee to go, 

The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow ; 

For I will be with thee,thy troubles to bless, 

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 

4 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, 

My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply; 

The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design 
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 

5 The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose, 

I will not, I will not desert to his foes; 

That soul, though all hell shall endeavour to shake, 

I ’ll never—no, never—no, never forsake. 

HOPE. 

HYMN 145. 

R ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 

Thy better portion trace; 

Rise, from transitory things, 

Towards heaven, thy destined place: 

Sun, and moon, and stars decay, 

Time shall soon this earth remove; 

Rise, my soul, and haste away 
To seats prepared above. 

2 Cease, my soul, O cease to mourn, 

Press onward to the prize; 

Soon thy Saviour will return, 

To take thee to the skies: 

There, is everlasting peace, 

Rest, enduring rest in heaven ; 

There, will sorrow ever cease, 

And crowns of joy be given. 

HYMN 146. III. 1. 

C HILDREN of the heavenly King, 

As we journey, let us sing; 

Sing the Saviour’s worthy praise, 

Glorious in his works and ways. 

2 We are travelling home to God, 

In the way the fathers trod; 

They are happy now, and we 
Soon their happiness shall see. 


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3 Banish’d once, by sin betray’d, 
Christ our Advocate was made; 
Pardon’d now, no more we roam, 
Christ conducts us to our home. 

4 Lord, obediently we ’ll go, 

Gladly leaving all below; 

Only thou our leader be, 

And we still will follow thee. 


HYMN 147. C.M. 


W HEN I can read my title clear 
To mansions in the skies, 

I ’ll bid farewell to every fear, 

And wipe my weeping eyes. 

2 Should earth against my soul engage, 
And fiery darts be hurl’d, 

Then I can smile at Satan’s rage, 
And face a frowning world. 

3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, 

Let storms of sorrow fall; 

So I but safely reach my home, 

My God, my heaven, my all ; 

4 There, anchor’d safe, my weary soul 
Shall find eternal rest; 

Nor storms shall beat, nor billows roll 
Across my peaceful breast. 


JOY. 

HYMN 148. CM. 

J OY is a fruit that will not grow 
In nature’s barren soil; 

All we can boast, till Christ we know, 
Is vanity and toil. 

2 A bleeding Saviour, seen by faith, 

A sense of pard’ning love, 

A hope that triumphs over death,— 
Gives joys like those above. 

3 These are the joys which satisfy 
And purify the mind; 

Which make the Spirit mount on high, 
And leave the world behind. 

4 No more, believer, mourn thy lot; 

O thou who art the Lord’s, 

Resign to those who know him not, 
Such joy as earth affords. 

HYMN 149. S. M. 

C OME, ye that love the Lord, 

And let your joys be known; 
Join in a song with sweet accord, 

And thus surround the throne. 


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2 Let those refuse to sing 

That never knew our God, 

But children of the heavenly King 
May speak their joys abroad. 

3 The God of heaven is ours, 

Our Father and our love; 

His care shall guard life’s fleeting hours, 
Then waft our souls above. 

4 There shall we see his face, 

And never, never sin ; 

There, from the rivers of his grace, 

Drink endless pleasures in. 

5 Yes, and before we rise 

To that immortal state, 

The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
Should constant joys create. 

6 Children of grace have found 

Glory begun below: 

Celestial fruits on earthly ground 
From faith and hope may grow. 

7 The hill of Sion yields 

A thousand sacred sweets, 

Before we reach the heavenly fields, 

Or walk the golden streets. 

8 Then let our songs abound, 

And every tear be dry; 

We ’re travelling through Immanuel’s grouna 
To fairer worlds on high. 

LOVE. 

HYMN 150. III. 3. 

L ORD, with glowing heart I’d praise thee 
For the bliss thy love bestows; 

For the pardoning grace that saves me, 

And the peace that from it flows: 

Help, O God, my weak endeavour; 

This dull soul to rapture raise: 

Thou must light the flame, or never 
Can my love be warm’d to praise. 

2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, 
Wretched wanderer,far astray ; 

Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee 
From the paths of death away; 

Praise, with love’s devoutest feeling, 

Him who sought thy guilt-born fear, 

And, the light of hope revealing, 

Bade the blood-stain’d cross appear. 

3 Lord, this bosom’s ardent feeling 
Yainly would my lips express * 


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Low before thy footstool kneeling, 

Deign thy suppliant’s prayer to bless: 
Let thy grace, my soul’s chief treasure, 
Love’s pure flame within me raise; 
And, since words can never measure, 
Let my life show forth thy praise. 

HYMN 151. III. 1. 

L ORD, my God, I long to know, 
Oft it causes anxious thought : 
Do I love thee, Lord, or no ? 

Am I thine, or am I not ? 

2 Could my heart so hard remain, 
Prayer a task and burden prove, 
Any duty give me pain, 

If I knew a Saviour’s love ? 

3 When I turn mine eyes within, 

O how dark, and vain, and wild ! 
Prone to unbelief and sin, 

Can I deem myself thy child ? 

4 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, 

Find my sin a grief and thrall: 
Should I grieve for what I feel, 

If I did not love at all ? 

5 Could I love thy saints to meet, 

Choose the ways I once abhorr’d, 
Find at times the promise sweet, 

If I did not love thee, Lord ? 

6 Saviour, let me love thee more, 

If I love at all, I pray; 

If I have not loved before, 

Help me to begin to-day. 


PRAISE. 


HYMN 152. 


T HE God of Abraham praise, 

Who reigns enthroned above; 
Ancient of everlasting days, 

And God of love; 

Jehovah, Great I AM, 

By earth and heaven confess’d; 

I bow and bless the sacred Name, 
For ever bless’d. 


2 The God of Abraham praise, 

At whose supreme command 
From earth I rise, and seek the joys 
At his right hand : 

I all on earth forsake, 

Its wisdom, fame, and power; 


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And Him my only portion make, 

My shield and tower. 

.3 He by himself hath sworn, 

I on his oath depend, 

I shall, on angel-wings upborne, 

To heaven ascend: 

I shall behold his face, 

I shall his power adore, 

And sing the wonders of his grace 
For evermore. 

4 There dwells the Lord, our King 

The Lord, our righteousness, 
Triumphant o’er the world and sin, 

The Prince of Peace; 

On Sion’s sacred height 
His kingdom he maintains, 

And, glorious with his saints in light, 

For ever reigns. 

5 The God who reigns on high 

The great archangels sing; 

And, “Holy, holy, holy,” cry, 

“Almighty King, 

Who was, and is the same, 

And evermore shall be; 

Jehovah, Father, Great I AM, 

We worship thee.” 

6 The whole triumphant host 

Give thanks to God on high; 

“Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” 
They ever cry: 

Hail, Abraham’s God and mine, 

I join the heavenly lays; 

All might and majesty are thine, 

And endless praise. 

HYMN 153. IV. 3. 

Psalm c. 

B E joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth, 
O serve him with gladness and fear; 
Exult in his presence with music and mirth, 
With love and devotion draw near. 

2 For Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, 
Creator and ruler o’er all; 

And we are his people, his sceptre we own; 
His sheep, and we follow his call. 

3 O enter his gates with thanksgiving and song, 
Your vows in his temple proclaim; 

His praise with melodious accordance prolong 
And bless his adorable Name. 


HYMNS. 

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good, 
And we are the work of his hand; 

His mercy and truth from eternity stood, 
And shall to eternity stand. 

HYMN 154. L.M. 

Psalm c. 

B EFORE Jehovah’s awful throne, 

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; 
Know that the Lord is God alone; 

He can create, and he destroy. 

2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 

Made us of clay, and form’d us men; 
And when like wandering sheep we stray’d, 
He brought us to his fold again. 

3 We are his people, we his care, 

Our souls, and all our mortal frame; 
What lasting honours shall we rear, 
Almighty Maker, to thy Name? 

4 We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, 
High as the heaven our voices raise; 

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
5 Wide as the world is thy command, 

Vast as eternity thy love; 

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 

When rolling years shall cease to move. 

HYMN 155. III. 1. 

Songs of Praise. 

8 0NGS of praise the angels sang; 

Heaven with hallelujahs rang, 

When Jehovah’s work begun, 

When he spake and it was done. 

2 Songs of praise awoke the morn, 

When the Prince of Peace was born; 
Songs of praise arose, when he 
Captive led captivity. 

3 Heaven and earth must pass away; 

Songs of praise shall crown that day: 
God will make new heavens and earth; 
Songs of praise shall hail their birth. 

4 And shall man alone be dumb, 

Till that glorious kingdom come? 

No; the Church delights to raise 
Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise. 

5 Saints below, with heart and voice. 

Still in songs of praise rejoice; 

Learning here, by faith and love, 

Songs of praise to sing above. 


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6 Borne upon their latest breath, 

Songs of praise shall conquer death; 

Then, amidst eternal joy, 

Songs of praise their powers employ. 

CONTENTMENT. 

HYMN 156. C.M. 

1 75ATHER, whate’er of earthly bliss 
. Thy sovereign will denies, 

Accepted at thy throne, let this, 

My humble prayer, arise: 

2 Give me a calm and thankful heart, 

From every murmur free; 

The blessings of thy grace impart, 

And make me live to thee: 

3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine 
My life and death attend ; 

Thy presence through my journey shine, 

And crown my journey’s end. 

HYMN 157. L. M. 

B E still, my heart, these anxious cares 

To thee are burdens, thorns, and snares; 
They cast dishonour on thy Lord, 

And contradict his gracious word. 

2 Brought safely by his hand thus far, 

Why wilt thou now give place to fear ? 

How canst thou want if he provide, 

Or lose thy way with such a guide 1 
3 When first before his mercy-seat, 

Thou didst to him thy all commit; 

He gave thee warrant from that hour, 

To trust his wisdom, love, and power. 

4 Did ever trouble yet befall, 

And he refuse to hear thy call ? 

And has he not his promise past, 

That thou shalt overcome at last ? 

5 Though rough and thorny be the road, 

It leads thee home,apace, to God ; 

Then count thy present trials small, 

For heaven will make amends for all. 


IN AFFLICTION. 

HYMN 158. C.M. 

H EAR, gracious God, my humble moan, 
To thee I breathe my sighs: 

When will the mournful night be gone ? 

When shall my joys arise ? 

Yet though my soul in darkness mourns, 
Thy promise is my stay; 




HYMNS. 

Here would I rest till light returns, 

Thy presence makes my day. 

3 Come, Lord, and with celestial peace 

Relieve my aching heart; 

O smile, and bid my sorrows cease, 

And all their gloom depart. 

4 Then shall my drooping spirit rise, 

And bless thy healing rays, 

And change these deep complaining sighs 
For songs of sacred praise. 

HYMN 159. II. 3. 

Psalm xlii. 

A S, panting in the sultry beam, 

The hart desires the cooling stream, 

So to thy presence, Lord, I flee, 

So longs my soul, O God, for thee; 

Athirst to taste thy living grace, 

And see thy glory, face to face. 

2 But rising griefs distress my soul, 

And tears on tears successive roll; 

For many an evil voice is near, 

To chide my wo, and mock my fear; 

And silent memory weeps alone 
O’er hours of peace and gladness flown 
3 For I have walk’d the happy round 
That ’circles Sion’s holy ground, 

And gladly swell’d the choral lays, 

That hymn’d my great Redeemer’s praise, 

What time the hallow’d arches rung 
Responsive to the solemn song. 

4 Ah, why, by passing clouds opprest, 

Should vexing thoughts distract thy breast? 
Turn, turn to Him, in every pain, 

Whom suppliants never sought in vain; 

Thy strength, in joy’s extatic day, 

Thy hope, when joy has pass’d away. 

HYMN 160. II. 3. 

A compassionate High-Priest. Hebrews iv. 15. 

W HEN gathering clouds around I view, 

And days are dark, and friends are few, 
OnHim I lean, who, not in vain, 

Experienced every human pain; 

He feels my griefs, he sees my fears, 

And counts and treasures up my tears. 

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
From heavenly wisdom’s narrow way, 

To fly the good I would pursue, 

Or do the ill I would not do j 


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Still He, who felt temptation’s power, 

Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 

3 When vexing thoughts within me rise, 

And, sore dismay’d, my spirit dies; 

Then He, who once vouchsafed to bear 
The sickening anguish of despair, 

Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, 

The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 

4 When sorrowing o’er some stone I bend, 
Which covers all that was a friend, 

And from his voice, his hand, his smile, 
Divides me for a little while; 

Thou, Saviour, seest the tears I shed, 

For thou didst weep o’erLazarus dead. 

5 And, oh, when I have safely past 
Through every conflict but the last, 

Still, still unchanging, watch beside 
My bed of death; for Thou hast died : 

Then point to realms of endless day, 

And wipe the latest tear away. 

HYMN 161. L. M. 

Sanctified Affliction. 

L ORD, unafliicted, undismay’d, 

In pleasure’s path how long I stray’d: 
But thou hast made me feel thy rod, 

And turn’d my soul to thee, my God. 

2 What though it pierced my fainting heart, 

I bless thy hand that caused the smart; 

It taught my tears awhile to flow, 

But saved me from eternal wo. 

3 Oh, hadst thou left me unchastised, 

Thy precepts I had still despised, 

And still the snare in secret laid 
Had my unwary feet betray’d. 

4 I love thy chastenings,0 my God, 

They fix my hopes on thy abode ; 

Where, in thy presence fully blest, 

Thy stricken saints for ever rest. 

DAILY DEVOTION. 

HYMN 162. II. 3. 

Daily Dependence. 

W HEN, streaming from the eastern skies, 
The morning light salutes mine eyes, 
O Sun of Righteousness divine, 

On me with beams of mercy shine; 

Chase the dark clouds of sin away, 

And turn my darkness into day. 

2 When to heaven’s great and glorious King 
My morning sacrifice I bring ; 


HYMNS. 

And, mourning o’er my guilt and shame, 

Ask mercy, Saviour, in thy Name; 

My conscience sprinkle with thy blood, 

And be my advocate with God. 

3 As every day thy mercy spares 
Will bring its trials and its cares, 

O Saviour, till my life shall end, 

Be thou my counsellor and friend : 

Teach me thy precepts, all divine, 

And be thy pure example mine. 

4 When pain transfixes every part, 

Or languor settles at the heart; 

When on my bed, diseased, oppress’d, 

I turn, and sigh, and long for rest; 

O great Physician, see my grief, 

And grant thy servant sweet relief. 

5 Should poverty’s destructive blow 
Lay all my worldly comforts low; 

And neither help nor hope appear, 

My steps to guide, my heart to cheer; 

Lord, pity and supply my need, 

For thou, on earth, wast poor indeed. 

6 Should Providence profusely pour 
Its varied blessings on my store ; 

O keep me from the ills that wait 
On such a seeming prosperous state: 

From hurtful passions set me free, 

And humbly may I walk with thee. 

7 When each day’s scenes and labours close, 
And wearied nature seeks repose, 

With pardoning mercy richly blest, 

Guard me, my Saviour, while 1 rest: 

And, as each morning sun shall rise, 

O lead me onward to the skies. 

8 And, at my life’s last setting sun, 

My conflicts o’er, my labours done, 

Jesus, thy heavenly radiance shed, 

To cheer and bless my dying bed ; 

And, from death’s gloom my spirit raise, 

To see thy face and sing thy praise. 

HYMN 163. L.M. 

“ I have set God always before me." Psalm xvi. 9. 

S AVIOUR, when night involves the skies, 
My soul, adoring, turns to thee; 

Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, 

And wrapt in shades of death for me. 

2 On thee my waking raptures dwell, 

When crimson gleams the east adorn, 

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Thee, victor of the grave and hell, 

Thee, source of life’s eternal morn. 

3 When noon her throne in light arrays, 

To thee my soul triumphant springs ; 
Thee, throned in glory’s endless blaze, 

Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings. 

4 O’er earth, when shades of evening steal, 

To death and thee my thoughts I give; 
To death, whose power I soon must feel, 

To thee, with whom I trust to live. 

HYMN 164. L.M. 

Morning Hymn. 

A WAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
_ Thy daily course of duty run ; 

Shake off dull sloth, and early rise 
To pay thy morning sacrifice. 

2 Redeem thy mis-spent time that’s past; 

Live this day, as if’t were thy last; 

T’ improve thy talents take due care; 

’Gainst the great day thyself prepare. 

3 Let ail thy converse be sincere, 

Thy conscience as the noon-day clear ; 
Think how the all-seeing God, thy ways 
And all thy secret thoughts surveys. 

4 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 

And with the angels bear thy part; 

Who all night long unwearied sing, 

“Glory to thee, eternal King.” 

5 I wake, I wake, ye heavenly choir; 

May your devotion me inspire; 

That I like you my age may spend, 

Like you may on my God attend. 

6 May I like you in God delight, 

Have ail day long my God in sight; 

Perform like you my Maker’s will: 

O, may I never more do ill. 

7 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, 

And hast refresh’d me while I slept: 

Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
I may of endless life partake. 

8 Lord, I my vows to thee renew ; 

Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 

Guard my first spring of thought and will, 
And with thyself my spirit fill. 

9 Direct, control, suggest this day, 

® All I design, or do, or say, 

That all my powers, with all their might 
In thy sole glory may unite. 


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10 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
Praise him above, angelic host; 

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

HYMN 165. L.M. 

Morning. 

A RISE, my soul, with rapture rise, 

And, filled with love and fear, adore 
The awful Sovereign of the skies, 

Whose mercy lends me one day more. 

2 And may this day, indulgent Power, 

Not idly pass, nor fruitless be; 

But may each swiftly-flying hour 
Still nearer bring my soul to Thee. 

3 But can it be? That Power divine 

Is throned in light’s unbounded blaze; 
And countless worlds and angels join 
To swell the glorious song of praise— 

4 And will He deign to lend an ear, 

When I, poor abject mortal, pray? 

Yes, boundless goodness, He will hear, 

Nor cast the meanest wretch away. 

5 Then let me serve Thee all my days, 

And may my zeal with years increase : 
For pleasant, Lord, are all thy ways, 

And all thy paths are paths of peace. 

HYMN 166. C.M. 

Morning. 

T O Thee let my first offerings rise, 
Whose sun creates the day, 

Swift as his gladdening influence flies, 

And spotless as his ray. 

2 This day thy favouring hand be nigh, 

So oft vouchsafed before; 

Still may it lead, protect, supply, 

And I that hand adore. 

3 If bliss thy Providence impart, 

For which, resign’d, I pray, 

Give me to feel a cheerful heart, 

And grateful homage pay. 

4 Affliction should thy love intend, 

As vice or folly’s cure, 

Patient, to gain that gracious end. 

May I the means endure. 

5 Be this and every future day 
Still wiser than the past; 

And when I all my life survey, 

May grace sustain at last. 


HYMNS. 


HYMN 167. III. 1. 


Morning. 


OW the shades of night are gone; 



Now the morning light is come ; 
Lord,may we be thine to-day, 

Drive the shades of sin away. 

2 Fill our souls with heavenly light, 
Banish doubt and clear oui sight; 

In thy service, Lord, to-day, 

May we labour, watch, and pray. 

3 Keep our haughty passions bound ; 
Save us from our foes around ; 

Going out and coming in, 

Keep us safe from every sin. 

4 When our work of life is past, 

O receive us then at last; 

Night and sin will be no more, 

When we reach the heavenly shore. 


HYMN 168. L.M. 


Evening Hymn. 


LORY to thee, my God, this night 



Ur For all the blessings of the light: 
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, 
Under thine own Almighty wings. 

2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 

The ills that I this day have done ; 

That with the world, myself, and Thee, 

I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
The grave as little as my bed ; 

Teach me to die, that so I may 
Triumphing rise at the last day. 

4 O may my soul on thee repose, 

And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close: 
Sleep, that may me more vigorous make 
To serve my God, when I awake. 

5 When in the night I sleepless lie, 

My .soul with heavenly thoughts supply : 
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 

No powers of darkness me molest. 

6 O when shall I, in endless day, 

For ever chase dark sleep away, 

And hymns divine with angels sing. 

Glory to thee, eternal King. 

7 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise him, all creatures here below; 
Praise him above, angelic host; 

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 


HYMNS. 


HYMN 169. L. M. 

Evening. 

G REAT God, to thee my evening song 
With humble gratitude I raise: 

O let thy mercy tune my tongue, 

And fill my heart with lively praise. 

2 My days unclouded as they pass, 

And every onward rolling hour, 

Are monuments of wondrous grace, 

And witness to thy love and power. 

3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, 
Too oft regardless of thy love, 

Ungrateful, can from thee depart, 

And from the path of duty rove. 

4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood 

Of Christ, my Lord ; his Name alone 
T plead for pardon, gracious God, 

And kind acceptance at thy throne. 

5 With hope in him mine eyelids close, 

With sleep refresh my feeble frame; 

Safe in thy care may I repose, 

And wake with praises to thy Name. 

HYMN 170. C.M. 

Evening. 

N OW from the altar of our hearts, 

Let flames of love arise; 

Assist us, Lord, to offer up 
Our evening sacrifice. 

2 Minutes and mercies multiplied 
Have made up all this day ; 

Minutes came quick, but mercies were 
More swift, more free than they. 

3 New time, new favours, and new joys, 

Do a new song require ; 

Till we shall praise Thee as we would, 
Accept our heart’s desire. 

HYMN 171. S.M. 

Evening. 

T HE day is past and gone; 

The evening shades appear : 

O may we all remember well 
The night of death draws near. 

2 We lay our garments by, 

Upon our beds to rest; 

So death shall soon disrobe us all 
Of what is here possest. 

3 Lord, keep us safe this night, 

Secure from all our fears; 

May angels guard us while we sleep, 

Till morning light appears. 


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HYMN 172. III. 1. 

Psalm cxli. 2. 

S OFTLY now the light of day 
Fades upon my sight away ; 

Free from care, from labour free, 

Lord, I would commune with thee; 

2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye 
Nought escapes, without, within, 
Pardon each infirmity, 

Open fault, and secret sin. 

3 Soon, for me, the light of day 
Shall for ever pass away ; 

Then, from sin and sorrow free, 

Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee: 

4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known 
All of man’s infirmity ; 

Then, from thine eternal throne, 

Jesus, look with pitying eye. 

HYMN 173. IV. 2. 

Evening. 

1 NSPIRER and hearer of prayer, 

Thou shepherd and guardian of thine, 
My all to thy covenant care, 

I, sleeping or waking, resign. 

2 If thou art my shield and my sun, 

The night is no darkness to me; 

And, fast,as my minutes roll on, 

They bring me but nearer to thee. 

3 A sovereign protector I have 

Unseen, yet for ever at hand; 
Unchangeably faithful to save, 

Almighty to rule and command. 

4 His smiles and his comforts abound, 

His grace, as the dew, shall descend; 
And walls of salvation surround 
The soul he delights to defend. 


X. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 

HYMN 174. C.M. 

Renouncing the World. 

L ET worldly minds the world pursue, 
It has no charms for me; 

Once I admired its follies too, 

But grace has set me free. 

2 Those follies now no longer please, 

No more delight afford ; 

Far from my heart be joys like these, 
Now I have known the Lord. 

3 As by the light of opening day 
The stars are all conceal’d, 



HYMNS. 


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So earthly pleasures fade away 
When Jesus is reveal’d. 

4 Creatures no more divide my choice, 

I bid them all depart; 

His Name, and love, and gracious voice 
Shall fix my roving heart. 

5 Now, Lord, I would be thine alone, 

And wholly live to thee; 

Yet worthless still myself I own, 

Thy worth is all my plea. 

HYMN 175. L.M. 

Not ashamed of Christ. 

J ESUS, and shall it ever be, 

A mortal man ashamed of thee : 
Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, 
Whose glories shine through endless days? 
2 Ashamed of Jesus ! sooner far 
Let night disown each radiant star; 

’T is midnight with my soul, till he, 

Bright Morning Star, bid darkness flee. 

3 Ashamed of Jesus ! O, as soon 
Let morning blush to own the sun; 

He sheds the beams of light divine 
O’er this benighted soul of mine. 

4 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend 
On whom my hopes of heaven depend; 

No; when I blush, be this my shame, 
That I no more revere his Name. 

5 Ashamed of Jesus ! empty pride; 

I ’ll boast a Saviour crucified; 

And, O, may this my portion be, 

My Saviour not ashamed of me. 

HYMN 176. S.M. 

Prayer for Christian Graces. 

J ESUS, my strength, my hope, 

On thee I cast my care, 

With humble confidence look up, 

And know thou hear’st my prayer: 
Give me on thee to wait, 

Till I can all things do; 

On thee, Almighty to create, 

Almighty to renew. 

2 I want a sober mind, 

A self-renouncing will, 

That tramples down and casts behind 
The baits of pleasing ill: 

A soul inured to pain, 

To hardship, grief, and loss; 


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Ready to taKe up and sustain 
The consecrated cross. 

3 I want a godly fear, 

A quick, discerning eye, 

That looks to thee when sin is near, 
And sees the tempter fly; 

A spirit still prepared, 

And arm’d with jealous care, 

For ever standing on its guard, 

And watching unto prayer. 

4 I want a heart to pray, 

To pray and never cease, 

Never to murmur at thy stay, 

Or wish my sufferings less; 

This blessing, above all, 

Always to pray I want, 

Out of the deep on thee to call, 

And never, never faint. 

5 I want a true regard, 

A single, steady aim, 

Unmoved by threatening or reward, 
To thee and thy great Name; 

A jealous, just concern 

For thine immortal praise; 

A pure desire that all may learn 
And glorify thy grace. 

6 I rest upon thy word, 

The promise is for me; 

My succour and salvation, Lord, 
Shall surely come from thee; 

But let me still abide, 

Nor from my hope remove, 

Till thou my patient spirit guide 
Into thy perfect love. 


HYMN 177. III. 3. 

Prayer for Guidance. 

G UIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, 

Pilgrim through this barren land; 
I am weak, but thou art mighty; 

Hold me with thy powerful hand. 

2 Open now the crystal fountains 
Whence the living waters flow; 

Let the fiery, cloudy pillar, 

Lead me all my journey through. 

3 Feed me with the heavenly manna 
In this barren wilderness; 

Be my sword, and shield, and banner, 

Be the Lord my righteousness. 


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4 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 

Bid my anxious fears subside; 

Death of death, and hell’s destruction, 

Land me safe on Canaan’s side. 

HYMN 178. L. M. 

Following the Example of Christ. 

W HENE’ER the angry passions rise, 

And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, 
To Jesus let us lift our eyes, 

Bright pattern of the Christian life. 

2 O how benevolent and kind, 

How mild, how ready to forgive: 

Be this the temper of our mind, 

And these the rules by which we live. 

3 To do his heavenly Father’s will 

Was his employment and delight; 

Humility and holy zeal 

Shone through his life divinely bright. 

4 Dispensing good where’er he came, 

The labours of his life were love; 

Then, if we bear the Saviour’s name, 

By his example let us move. 

5 But, ah, how blind, how weak we are, 

How frail, how apt to turn aside; 

Lord, we depend upon thy care; 

We ask thy Spirit for our guide. 

6 Thy fair example may we trace, 

To teach us what we ought to be; 

Make us, by thy transforming grace, 

O Saviour, daily more like thee. 

HYMN 179. S.M. 

Duties. 

A CHARGE to keep I have, 

A God to glorify ; 

A never-dying soul to save, 

And fit it for the sky : 

2 From youth to hoary age, 

My calling to fulfil: 

O may it all my powers engage 
To do my Master’s will. 

3 Arm me with jealous care, 

As in thy sight to live, 

And, Oh! thy servant, Lord, prepaie 
A strict account to give: 

4 Help me to watch and pray, 

And on thyself rely; 

Assured if I my trust betray, 

I shall for ever die. 


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HYMN 180. C.M. 

“ Forgetting those things which are behind," ^-c.—Phil, lii 13, 14. 

A WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
And press with vigour on; 

A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 

And an immortal crown. 

2 A cloud of witnesses around 
Hold thee in full survey; 

Forget the steps already trod, 

And onward urge thy way. 

3 } T is God’s all-animating voice 
That calls thee from on high, 

7 T is his own hand presents the prize 
To thine uplifted eye. 

4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
And press with vigour on ; 

A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 

And an immortal crown. 

HYMN 181. C.M. 

Doubting. 

T HE Lord will happiness divine 
On contrite hearts bestow : 

Then tell me, gracious God, is mine 
A contrite heart, or no ? 

2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain, 

Insensible as steel; 

If aught is felt, ’t is only pain 
To find I cannot feel. 

3 My best desires are faint and few, 

I fain would strive for more; 

But when I cry, “ My strength renew,” 

Seem weaker than before. 

4 I see thy saints with comfort fill’d, 

When in thy house of prayer; 

But still in bondage I am held, 

And find no comfort there. 

5 O make this heart rejoice or ache; 

Decide this doubt for me; 

And if it be not broken, break; 

And heal it, if it be. 

HYMN 182. C.M. 

Desires after renewed Holiness. 

O for a closer w T alk with God, 

A calm and heavenly frame; 

A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 

2 Where is the blessedness I knew, 

When first I saw the Lord ? 


HYMNS. 

Where is the soul-refreshing view 
Of Jesus and his word ? 

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy’d; 

How sweet their memory still: 

But now I feel an aching void 
The world can never fill. 

4 Return, O holy Dove, return, 

Sweet messenger of rest; 

1 hate the sins that made thee mourn, 

And drove thee from my breast. 

5 The dearest idol I have known, 

Whate’er that idol be, 

Help me to tear it from thy throne, 

And worship only thee. 

6 So shall my walk be close with God, 

Calm and serene my frame; 

So purer light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 

HYMN 1S3. III. 1. 

Trials. 

J PT! IS my happiness below 

JL Not to live without the cross; 

But the Saviour’s power to know, 
Sanctifying every loss. 

2 Trials must and will befall; 

But with humble faith to see 
Love inscribed upon them all— 

This is happiness to me. 

3 Did I meet no trials here, 

No chastisement by the way, 

Might I not with reason fear 
I should be a cast-away ? 

4 Trials make the promise sweet; 

Trials give new life to prayer; 

Bring me to my Saviour’s feet, 

Lay me low, and keep me there. 

HYMN 184. C.M. 

Habitual Devotion. 

W HILE thee I seek, protecting Power, 
Be my vain wishes still’d: 

And may this consecrated hour 
With better hopes be fill’d. 

2 Thy love the power of thought bestow’d, 
To thee my thoughts would soar: 

Thy mercy o’er my life has flow’d, 

That mercy I adore. 

3 In each event of life, how clear 
Thy ruling hand I see: 


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Each blessing to my soul more dear, 

Because conferr’d by thee. 

4 In every joy that crowns my days. 

In every pain I bear, 

My heart shall find delight in praise, 

Or seek relief in prayer. 

5 When gladness wings my favour’d hour, 

Thy love my thoughts shall fill; 

Resign’d, when storms of sorrow lower 
My soul shall meet thy will. 

6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 

The gathering storm shall see; 

My steadfast heart shall know no fear, 

That heart will rest on thee. 

HYMN 185. 

Walking with God. 

S INCE I’ve known a Saviour’s Name, 
And sin’s strong fetters broke, 
Careful without care I am, 

Nor feel my easy yoke: 

Joyful now my faith to show, 

I find his service my reward, 

All the work I do below 
Is light, for such a Lord. 

2 To the desert or the cell, 

Let others blindly fly, 

In this evil world I dwell, 

Nor fear its enmity; 

Here I find a house of prayer, 

To which I inwardly retire; 

Walking unconcern’d in care, 

And unconsum’d in fire. 

3 O that all the world might know 
Of living, Lord, to thee, 

Find their heaven begun below, 

And here thy goodness see; 

Walk in all the works prepared 
By thee to exercise their grace, 

Till they gain their full reward, 

And see thee face to face. 

HYMN 186. L. M. 

Heaven seen by Faith. 

A S, when the weary traveller gains 

The height of some commanding hill, 
His heart revives, if o’er the plains 
He sees his home, though distant still; 

2 So, when the Christian pilgrim view T s 
By faith his mansion in the skies, 


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The sight his fainting strength renews, 

And wings his speed to reach the prize. 

1 The hope of heaven his spirit cheers; 

No more he grieves for sorrows past ; 

Nor any future conflict fears, 

So he may safe arrive at last. 

4 O Lord, on thee our hopes we stay, 

To lead us on to thine abode; 

Assured thy love will far o’erpay 
The hardest labours of the road. 

HYMN 187. IY. 4. 

“ J would not live alway." Job vii. is 

T WOULD not live alway : I ask not to stay 
A Where storm after storm rises dark o’er the way ; 
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, 

Are enough for life’s woes, full enough for its cheer. 

2 I would not live alway, thus fetter’d by sin, 
Temptation without, and corruption within : 

E’en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, 

And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 

3 I would not live alway; no, welcome the tomb, 

Since Jesus hath laid there, I dread not its gloom; 
There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise 

To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 

4 Who, who would live alway, away from his God; 
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 

Where the rivers of pleasure flow o’er the bright plains, 
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns: 

5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 

Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet; 
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, 

And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. 


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XI. DEATH. 

HYMN 188. C.M. 

Job xiv. 1,2,-5, 6. 

F EW are thy days, and full of wo, 
O man, of woman born : 

Thy doom is written, “ Dust thou art, 
To dust thou shalt return.” 

2 Behold the emblem of thy state 
In flowers that bloom and die ; 

Or in the shadow’s fleeting form 
That mocks the gazer’s eye. 

3 Determined are the days that fly 
Successive o’er thy head ; 

The number’d hour is on the wing, 
That lays thee with the dead. 



HYMNS. 


4 Great God, afflict not in thy wrath, 
The short allotted span, 

That bounds the few and weary days 
Of pilgrimage to man. 


HYMN 189. C.M. 

ARK ! from the tombs a mournful sound 
Mine ears attend the cry; 

Ye Imng men, come view the ground 
Where you must shortly lie. 

Princes, this clay must be your bed, 

In spite of all your towers; 

The tail, the wise,the reverend head 
Must lie as low as ours. 

Great God, is this our certain doom? 

And are we still secure ? 

Still walking downward to the tomb, 

And yet prepare no more ? 

Grant us the power of quickening grace 
To raise our souls to thee, 

That we may view thy glorious face 
To all eternity. 


HYMN 190. S.M. 

Job xiv. 11—14, 

T HE mighty flood that rolls 
Its torrents to the main, 

Can ne’er recall its waters lost 
From that abyss again: 

2 So days, and years, and time, 
Descending down to night, 

Can thenceforth never more return 
Back to the sphere of light: 

3 And man, when in the grave, 

Can never quit its gloom, 

Until th’ eternal morn shall wake 
The slumber of the tomb. 

4 O may I find in death 

A hiding-place with God, 

Secure from wo and sin ; till call’d 
To share his blest abode. 


5 Cheer’d by this hope, I wait, 

Through toil, and care, and grief. 
Till my appointed course is run, 
And death shall bring relief. 


HYMN 191. 

"Y^TTAL spark of heavenly flame, 
v Quit, O quit this mortal frame; 
Trembling, hoping,lingering, flying, 
Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying! 


HYMNS. 


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Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, 

And let me languish into life. 

2 Hark, they whisper, angels say, 

Sister spirit, come away ! 

What is this absorbs me quite; 

Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? 
Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 

3 The world recedes, it disappears : 

Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears 

With sounds seraphic ring : 

Lend, lend your wings; I mount, I fly, 
O grave, where is thy victory, 

O death, where is thy sting ? 


XII. JUDGMENT. 


HYMN 192. C.M. 

, rising from the bed of death, 

. rwhelm’d with guilt and fear. 



I see my Maker, face to face; 

Oh, how shall I appear ! 

2 If yet, while pardon may be found, 

And mercy may be sought, 

My heart with inward horror shrinks, 
And trembles at the thought; 

3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed 

In majesty severe, 

And sit in judgment on my soul, 

Oh, how shall I appear ! 

4 But thou hast told the troubled mind, 

Who does her sins lament, 

That faith in Christ’s atoning blood 
Shall endless wo prevent. 

5 Then never shall my soul despair 

Her pardon to procure, 

Who knows thine only Son has died 
To make that pardon sure. 

HYMN 193. S.M. 

A ND will the Judge descend ? 

And must the dead arise ? 


And not a single soul escape 
His all-discerning eyes? 

2 And from his righteous lips 

Shall this dread sentence sound; 

And through the numerous guilty throng 
Spread black despair around ? 



HYMNS. 


3 Depart from me, accursed, 

To everlasting flame, 

For rebel angels first prepared, 

Where mercy never came. 

4 How will my heart endure 

The terrors of that day, 

When earth and heaven before his face 
Astonish’d shrink away ? 

5 But, ere the trumpet shakes 

The mansions of the dead, 

Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound, 
What joyful tidings spread. 

6 Ye sinners, seek his grace, 

Whose wrath ye cannot bear; 

Fly to the shelter of his cross, 

And find salvation there. 

7 So shall that curse remove, 

By which the Saviour bled ; 

And the last awful day shall pour 
His blessings on your head. 


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HYMN 194. II. 7. 


G REAT God, what do I see and hear! 

The end of things created: 

The Judge of man I see appear, 

On clouds of glory seated. 

The trumpet sounds, the graves restore 
The dead which they contain’d before; 

Prepare, my soul, to meet him. 

The dead in Christ shall first arise 
At the last trumpet’s sounding, 

Caught up to meet him in the skies, 

With joy their Lord surrounding: 

No gloomy fears their souls dismay, 

His presence sheds eternal day 
On those prepared to meet him. 

But sinners, fill’d with guilty fears, 

Behold his wrath prevailing; 

For they shall rise, and find their tears 
And sighs are unavailing. 

The day of grace is past and gone ; 
Trembling they stand before the throne, 
All unprepared to meet him. 

Great God, what do I see and hear! 

The end of things created : 

The Judge of man I see appear, 

On clouds of glory seated : 

Beneath his cross I view the day 
When heaven and earth shall pass away, 
And thus prepare to meet him. 


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HYMN 195. III. 1. 

St. Luke xiii. 24—27. 

S EEK, my soul, the narrow gate, 
Enter ere it be too late; 

Many ask to enter there 
When too late to offer prayer. 

2 God from mercy’s seat shall rise, 

And for ever bar the skies: 

Then, though sinners cry without, 

He will say, “ I know you not.” 

3 Mournfully will they exclaim; 

“ Lord, we have profess’d thy Name; 
We have eat with thee, and heard 
Heavenly teaching in thy word.” 

4 Vain, alas, will be their plea, 
Workers of iniquity ; 

Sad their everlasting lot; 

Christ will say, “ I know you not.” 


XIII. ETERNITY. 


HYMN 196. S.M. 

O WHERE shall rest be found, 

, Rest for the weary soul ? 

’Twere vain the ocean’s depths to sound, 
Or pierce to either pole. 

The world can never give 
The bliss for which we sigh : 

’T is not the whole of life to live. 

Nor all of death to die. 


3 Beyond this vale of tears 

There is a life above, 
Unmeasured by the flight of years ; 
And all that light is love. 

4 There is a death, whose pang 

Outlasts the fleeting breath: 

Oh, what eternal horrors hang 
Around the second death ! 


5 Lord God of truth and grace, 
Teach us that death to shun, 
Lest we be driven from thy face. 
For evermore undone. 


HYMN 197. C. M. 

2 Cor. iv. 19. 

H OW long shall earth’s alluring toys 
Detain our hearts and eyes, 
Regardless of immortal joys, 

And strangers to the skies. 

2 These transient scenes will soon decay, 
They fade upon the sight; 

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And quickly will their brightest day 
Be lost in endless night. 

3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain, 

With conscious sighs we own ; 

While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, 
O’ershade the smiling noon. 

4 O, could our thoughts and wishes fly 

Above these gloomy shades, 

To those bright worlds beyond the sky, 

Which sorrow ne’er invades ! 

5 There,joys unseen by mortal eyes, 

Or reason’s feeble ray, 

In ever blooming prospects rise, 

Unconscious of decay. 

6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, 

To guide our upward aim : 

With one reviving touch of thine 
Our languid hearts inflame. 

7 Then shall, on faith’s sublimest wing, 

Our ardent wishes rise, 

To those bright scenes where pleasures spring 
Immortal in the skies. 

HYMN 198. C.M. 

C OME, Lord, and warm each languid heart. 
Inspire each lifeless tongue; 

And let the joys of heaven impart 
Their influence to our song. 

2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care, 

And discord there shall cease; 

And perfect joy, and love sincere, 

Adorn the realms of peace. 

3 The soul from sin for ever free, 

Shall mourn its power no more; 

But, clothed in spotless purity, 

Redeeming love adore. 

4 There, on a throne (how dazzling bright., 

Th’ exalted Saviour shines ; 

And beams ineffable delight 
On all the heavenly minds. 

5 There,shall the followers of the Lamb 
Join in immortal songs; 

And endless honours to his Name 
Employ their tuneful tongues. 

6 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love, 

Our feeble notes inspire; 

Till,in thy blissful courts above, 

We join th’ angrelic choir. 


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HYMN 199. C. M. 


T HERE is a land of pure delight, 
Where saints immortal reign; 
Eternal day excludes the night, 

And pleasures banish pain. 

There, everlasting spring abides, 
xlnd never-fading flowers; 

Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
This heavenly land from ours. 

Bright fields,beyond the swelling flood, 
Stand dress’d in living green ; 

So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, 
While Jordan roll’d between. 


4 But timorous mortals start, and shrink 

To cross the narrow sea: 

And linger, trembling on the brink, 

And fear to launch away. 

5 Oh, could we make our doubts remove, 

Those gloomy doubts that rise, 

And see the Canaan that we love, 

With faith’s illumined eyes; 

6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 

And view the landscape o’er, 

Not Jordan’s streams nor death’s cold flood 
Should fright us from the shore. 


HYMN 200. C.M. 

S HOULD nature’s charms, to please the eye, 
In sweet assemblage join, 

All nature’s charms would droop and die, 

Jesus, compared with thine. 

2 Vain were her fairest beams displayed, 

And vain her blooming store; 

Her brightness languishes to shade, 

Her beauty is no more. 

3 But, ah, how far from mortal sight 
The Lord of glory dwells : 

A veil of interposing night 
His radiant face conceals. 

4 O,could my longing spirit rise 
On strong immortal wing, 

And reach thy palace in the skies, 

My Saviour and my King! 

5 There, thousands worship at thy feet, 

And there, divine employ, 

The triumphs of thy love repeat 
In songs of endless joy. 


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6 Thy presence beams eternal day 
O’er all the blissful place; 

Who would not drop this load of clay, 
And die to see thy face ? 

HYMN 201. III. 1. 

Revelation vii. 9, &c. 

T7T7"HO are these in bright array ? 

¥ ¥ This innumerable throng, 
Round the altar, night and day 
Tuning their triumphant song ? 
Worthy is the Lamb once slain, 
Blessing, honour, glory, power, 
Wisdom, riches, to obtain ; 

New dominion every hour. 

2 These through fiery trials trod; 

These from great affliction came ; 
Now before the throne of God, 

Seal’d with his eternal Name: 

Clad in raiment pure and white, 

Victor palms in every hand, 
Through their great Redeemer’s might 
More than conquerors they stand. 

3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, 

On immortal fruits they feed; 

Them the Lamb amidst the throne 
Shall to living fountains lead: 

Joy and gladness banish sighs; 

Perfect love dispels their fears; 

And, for ever from their eyes 
God shall wipe away their tears. 


XIV. MISCELLANEOUS. 

HYMN 202. C.M. 

Genesis xxviii. 20, 21. 

G OD of our fathers, by whose hand 
Thy people still are blest, 

Be with us through our pilgrimage; 
Conduct us to our rest. 

2 Through each perplexing path of life 
Our wandering footsteps guide ; 

Give us each day our daily bread, 

And raiment fit provide. 

3 O spread thy sheltering wings around, 
Till all our wand’rings cease, 

And, at our Father’s loved abode 
Our souls arrive in peace. 



HYMNS. 

4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 
Our humble prayers implore; 

And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God, 

And portion evermore. 

HYMN 203. III. 3. 

1 Chronicles xxix. 10—13. 

B LESS’D be thou, the God of Israel. 

Thou, our Father, and our Lord ; 
Bless’d thy Majesty for ever, 

Ever be thy Name adored. 

2 Thine, O Lord, are power and greatness, 
Glory, victory,are thine own; 

All is thine in earth and heaven, 

Over all thy boundless throne. 

3 Riches come of thee, and honour; 

Power and might to thee belong; 

Thine it is to make us prosper, 

Only thine to make us strong. 

4 Lord our God, for these, thy bounties, 
Hymns of gratitude we raise; 

To thy Name, for ever glorious, 

Ever we address our praise. 

HYMN 204. C.M. 

Proverbs iii. 13—17. 

O HAPPY is the man who hears 
> Religion’s warning voice, 

And who celestial wisdom makes 
His early, only choice. 

2 For she has treasures greater far 
Than east or west unfold; 

More precious are her bright rewards 
Than gems, or stores of gold. 

3 Her right hand offers to the just 
Immortal, happy days; 

Her left, imperishable wealth, 

And heavenly crowns displays. 

4 And, as her holy labours rise, 

So her rewards increase; 

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 

And all her paths are peace. 

HYMN 205. L.M 

Isaiah xl. 6—8. 

T HE morning flowers display their sweets, 
And gay their silken leaves unfold; 

As careless of the noon-day heats, 

And fearless of the evening cold. 


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2 Nipp’d by the wind’s unkindly blast.. 

Parch’d by the sun’s more fervent ray, 
The momentary glories waste, 

The short-lived beauties die away. 

3 So blooms the human face divine, 

When youth its pride of beauty shows; 
Fairer than spring the colours shine, 

And sweeter than the opening rose. 

4 But, worn by slowly-rolling years, 

Or broke by sickness in a day, 

The fading glory disappears, 

The short-lived beauties die away. 

5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, 

With lustre brighter far shall shine; 
Revive with ever-during bloom, 

Safe from diseases and decline. 

6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, 

If heaven shall recompense bur pains; 
Perish the grass, and fade the flower, 

If firm the Word ofGod remains. 

HYMN 206. C.M. 

Isaiah xl. 27—31. 

W HY mournest thou, my anxious soul, 
Despairing of relief, 

As if the Lord o’erlook’d thy cares, 

Or pitied not thy grief? 

2 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, 
That firm remains on high, 

The everlasting throne of Him 
Who made the earth and sky ? 

3 Art thou afraid his power will fail 
In sorrow’s evil day ? 

Can the Creator’s mighty arm 
Grow weary or decay ? 

4 Supreme in wisdom as in power 
The Rock of Ages stands; 

Thou canst not search his mind, nor trace 
The working of his hands. 

5 He gives the conquest to the weak, 

Supports the fainting heart; 

And courage in the evil hour 
His heavenly aids impart. 

6 Mere human energy shall faint, 

And youthful vigour cease ; 

But those who wait upon the Lord, 

In strength shall still increase. 

7 They, with unwearied step, shall tread 
The path of life divine; 


HYMNS. 

With growing ardour onward move, 

With growing brightness shine. 

8 On eagles’ wings they mount, they soar 
On wings of faith and love; 

Till, past the sphere of earth and sin, 

They rise to heaven above. 

HYMN 207. C. M. 

Isaiah Ivii. 15. 

T HUS speaks the High and Lofty One 
My throne is fix’d on high ; 

There, through eternity, I hear 
The praises of the sky: 

2 Yet, looking down, I visit oft 
The humble, hallow’d cell; 

And, with the penitent who mourn, 

T is my delight to dwell. 

3 My presence heals the wounded heart, 

The sad in spirit cheers; 

My presence, from the bed of dust, 

The contrite sinner rears. 

4 I dwell with all my humble saints 
While they on earth remain; 

And they, exalted, dwell with me, 

With me for ever reign. 

HYMN 208. II.l. 

Habakkuk iii. 17—19. 

A LTHOUGH the vine its fruit deny, 
The budding fig-tree droop and die, 
No oil the olive yield ; 

Yet will I trust me in my God, 

Yea, bend rejoicing to his rod, 

And by his grace be heal’d. 

2 Though fields, in verdure once array’d, 

By whirlwinds desolate be laid, 

Or parch’d by scorching beam ; 

Still in the Lord shall be my trust, 

My joy ; for, though his frown is just, 

His mercy is supreme. 

3 Though from the fold the flock decay, 
Though herds lie famish’d o’er the lea. 

And round the empty stall; 

My soul above the wreck shall rise, 

Its better joys are in the skies; 

There God is all in all. 

4 In God my strength, howe’er distrest, 

I yet will hope,and calmly rest, 

Nay, triumph in his love: 


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My lingering soul, my tardy feet, 

Free as the hind he makes, and fleet, 
To speed my course above. 

HYMN 209. C.M. 

St. John xiv. 6. 

T HOU art the Way, to thee alone 
From sin and death we flee; 
And he who would the Father seek, 
Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 

2 Thou art the Truth, thy word alone 
True wisdom can impart; 

Thou only canst inform the mind 
And purify the heart. 

3 Thou art the Life, the rending tomb 
Proclaims thy conquering arm, 

And those who put their trust in thee 
Nor death nor hell shall harm. 

4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life; 
Grant us that way to know. 

That truth to keep, that life to win, 
Whose joys eternal flow. 

HYMN 210. S.M. 

Philippians ii. 12,13. 

H EIRS of unending life, 

While yet we sojourn here, 

O let us our salvation work 
With trembling and with fear. 

2 God will support our hearts 

With might before unknown; 

The work to be perform’d is ours, 

The strength is all his own. 

3 ’T is he that works to will, 

’T is he that works to do; 

His is the power by which we act, 

His be the glory too ! 

HYMN 211. III. 1. 

Ephesians v. 14—17. 

S INNER, rouse thee from thy sleep, 
Wake, and o’er thy folly weep; 
Raise thy spirit dark and dead, 

Jesus waits his light to shed. 

2 Wake from sleep, arise from death, 

See the bright and living path: 

Watchful tread that path; be wise, 
Leave thy folly, seek the skies. 

3 Leave thy folly, cease from crime, 

From this hour redeem thy time ; 

Life secure without delay, 

Evil is the mortal day. 


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4 Be not blind and foolish still; 

Call’d of Jesus, learn his will: 

Jesus calls from death and night, 

Jesus waits to shed his light. 

HYMN 212. C.M. 

Hebrews xii. 1,2. 

L O ! what a cloud of witnesses 
Encompass us around; 

Men once like us with suffering tried, 
But now with glory crown’d. 

2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, 
Strive in the Christian race; 

And, freed from every weight of sin, 
Their holy footsteps trace. 

3 Behold a witness nobler still, 

Who trod affliction’s path, 

Jesus, the author, finisher, 

Rewarder of our faith: 

4 He, for the joy before him set, 

And moved by pitying love, 

Endured the cross, despised the shame; 
And now he reigns above. 

5 Thither, forgetting things behind, 

Press we, to God’s right hand! 
There, with the Saviour and his saints. 
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GLORIA PATRI. 


N. B. The metre marks, affixed to the Selections and Hymns, refer to a division of the 
Metres, founded on the nature of the verse, into four Classes, marked—I., II., III., IV. 

Class I. includes common, long 1 , and short metres, marked C. M., L. M., S. M. 
Class II. includes the other Iambic metres, eight in number, marked II. 1, II. 2, 

II. 3, II. 4, &c., which may be named Two , one; Two , two ; Two , three , &c- 
Class III. includes the Trochaic metres, being five in number, marked III. 1, III. 2, 

III. 3, &c., which may be named Three , one; Three> two , &c. 

Class IV. includes the metres consisting chiefly of triplets, being five in number, 
marked IV. 1, IV. 2, IV. 3, &c., and may be named Four , one; Four , two &c. 


CLASS I. 

C.M. 

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom we adore, 

Be glory, as it was, is now, 

And shall be evermore. 

L.M. 

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom earth and heaven adore, 
Be glory, as it was of old, 

Is now, and shall be evermore. 

S.M. 

To God the Father, Son, 

And Spirit, glory be, 

As’t was, and is, and shall be so 
To all eternity. 


CLASS II. 

II. 1. 

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom heaven’s triumphant host, 
And saints on earth adore; 

Be glory as in ages past, 

As now it is, and so shall last 
When time shall be no more. 

II, 2. 

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom heaven’s triumphant host, 
And suffering saints on earth adore; 

Be glory as in ages past, 

As now it is, and so shall last 

When time itself shall be no more. 





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II. 3. 

To God the Father, God the Son, 

And God the Spirit, Three in One, 

Be glory in the highest given, 

By all on earth, and all in heaven, 

As was through ages heretofore, 

Js now, and shall be evermore. 

II. 4. 

To God the Father, Son, 

And Spirit, ever bless’d, 

Eternal Three in One, 

All worship be address’d, 

As heretofore 
It was, is now. 

And shall be so 
For evermore. 

II. 5. 

To God the Father, and to God the Son, 

To God the Holy Spirit, Three in One, 

Be praise from all on earth and all in heaven, 
As was, and is, and ever shall be given. 

II. 6. 

Eternal praise be given, 

And songs of highest worth, 

By all the hosts of heaven, 

And all the saints on earth, 

To God, supreme confess’d, 

To Christ, his only Son, 

And to the Spirit bless’d, 

Eternal Three in One. 

II. 7. 

To Father, Son, and Spirit bless’d, 

Supreme o’er earth and heaven, 

Eternal Three in One confess’d, 

Be highest glory given, 

As was through ages heretofore, 

Is now, and shall be evermore, 

By all in earth and heaven. 

II. 8. 

By all on earth and all in heaven 
Be everlasting glory given, 

To God the Father, God the Son 
And God the Spirit; equal Three 
In undivided Unity, 

Ere time had yet its course begun: 

As was, and is, be highest praise, 

As still shall be through endless days. 


GLORIA PATRI. 


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CLASS III. 

III. 1. 

Holy Father, Holy Son, 

Holy Spirit, Three in One ! 
Glory, as of old, to thee, 

Now, and evermore shall be! 

III. 2. 

Praise the Name of God most high, 
Praise him all below the sky, 
Praise him all ye heavenly host, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: 

As through countless ages past, 
Evermore his praise shall last. 

III. 3. 

Praise the Father, earth and heaven, 
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise, 
As it was, and is, be given 

Glory through eternal days. < 

III. 4. 

To the Father, throned in heaven, 
To the Saviour, Christ, his Son, 
To the Spirit, praise be given, 
Everlasting Three in One: 

As of old, the Trinity 

Still is worshipp’d, still shall be. 

III. 5. 

Great Jehovah ! we adore th.ee, 
God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Spirit, join’d in glory 
On the same eternal throne: 
Endless praises 

To Jehovah, Three in One. 


CLASS IV. 

IV. 1. 

By angels in heaven 
"Of every degree, 

And saints upon earth, 

All praise be address’d ; 
To God in three persons, 
One God ever bless’d, 
As it has been, now is, 
And ever shall be. 



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IV. 2. 

All praise to the Father, the Son, 

And Spirit, thrice holy and bless’d, 

Tir eternal, supreme Three in One, 

Was, is, and shall still be address’d. 

IV. 3. 

All praise to the Father, all praise to the Son, 

All praise to the Spirit, thrice bless’d, 

The holy, eternal, supreme Three in One, 

Was, is, and shall still be address’d. 

IV. 4. 

O Father Almighty, to thee be address’d, 

With Christ and the Spirit, one God ever bless’d, 

All glory and worship from earth and from heaven. 
As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 

IV. 5. 

All glory and praise to the Father be given, 

The Son and the Spirit, from earth and from heaven; 
As was, and is now, be supreme adoration, 

And ever shall be,to the God of salvation. 


For Hymns 145 and 185. 

To the Father, to the Son. 

And Spirit ever bless’d, 
Everlasting Three in One, 

All worship be address’d : 

Praise from all above, below, 

As throughout the ages past, 

Now is given, and shall be so 
While endless ages last. 

When used to Hymn 185, in line 6, read, 
As was throughout the ages past. 


Come, let us adoreHim ;come, bow at his feet; 

O give Him the glory, the praise that is meet; 

Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise, 

And join the full chorus that gladdens the skies. 

ever the Hymns are used at the celebration of Divine Service, a certain portico 
or portions of the Psalms of David in metre shall also be sung-. 




















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